IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF DEERE

No. 61905.

708 P.2d 1123 (1985)

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF Archie Dave Deere. Archie Dave DEERE, Jr., Appellant, v. Archie Dave DEERE, Sr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, Sara Allen, Charles R. Fisher, Poteau, for appellant.

James Hamilton, Poteau, for appellee.


KAUGER, Justice.

The question presented is whether the trial court's appointment of a guardian for Archie Deere, Jr., appellant, (Deere) after refusing to grant a continuance to permit him to attend the hearing accompanied by his lawyer was an abuse of discretion and a denial of due process. We find that it was.

After a history of brief periods of confinement both in mental hospitals and county jails, Deere, who...

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