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IN RE ESTATE OF SYKES

No. 55,425

9 Kan. App. 2d 315 (1984)

675 P.2d 939

In the Matter of the Estate of ROY SYKES, an incompetent person.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Gibbens, of Kansas City, for appellant Michael Redmon.

Joseph H. McDowell, of McDowell, Rice & Smith, Chartered, of Kansas City, and David A. Vorbeck, of Margolin and Kirwan, of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellee Odevia M. Sykes.

Before ABBOTT, P.J., PARKS, J., and HARRY G. MILLER, District Judge, Retired, Assigned.

PARKS, J.:

Appellant is the curator/guardian of the person and estate of Roy Sykes pursuant to K.S.A. 73-501 et seq., the Uniform Veteran's Guardianship Act. He appeals the district court's exercise of jurisdiction to consider a petition to restore the ward to capacity in the face of a finding by the Veterans Administration (VA) that the ward is incompetent.

The ward, Roy Sykes, is an 88-year-old veteran of World War I. Several years after the war,...

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