1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 471 A.2d
  5. 471 A.2d 689 (1984)
 

MATTER OF HOWES

471 A.2d 689 (1984)

Matter of Anna S. HOWES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Hunt (orally), Neville Woodruff, Legal Services for the Elderly, Inc., Augusta, for plaintiff.

William Thomas Hyde (orally), Hyde, Daye & Ferris, Skowhegan, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

SCOLNIK, Justice.

The appellant, Anna S. Howes, appeals from a decree of the Somerset County Probate Court appointing the appellee, Anna B. Patterson, as her guardian.1 The judgment was rendered after an entry of default. This appeal raises both jurisdictional and constitutional issues. Because we find that the probate judge committed an abuse of discretion, we vacate the judgment.

I.

The appellant, Anna S. Howes, born...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases