MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF ANKENEY

No. 83-1071.

360 N.W.2d 733 (1985)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP OF Randal David Robert ANKENEY. David Ankeney, Guardian and Conservator, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eugene Knopf of Diehl, Clayton, Cleverley, Knopf & Williams, Newton, for appellant.

Charles G. Neighbor of Walker & Neighbor, Newton, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

The controlling issue in this appeal is whether the district court, sitting in probate, may direct the guardian to provide the child access to a grandparent. The district court directed the guardian to provide the child visitation with the grandmother after finding that the best interest of the child would be served by such visitation. We hold the probate court has authority to direct the guardian's action...

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