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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF REED

No. 89-568.

468 N.W.2d 819 (1991)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP OF Joseph Edmund REED, A Minor. Gerry SMITH and Roberta Smith, Co-Conservator and Co-Guardian, Respectively, of Joseph Edmund Reed, Appellants, v. Edmund R. REED and Janice Reed, Co-Conservator and Co-Guardian, Respectively, of Joseph Edmund Reed, Appellees, v. Rod SURBER and Rae Ann Surber, Co-Guardians of Joseph Edmund Reed, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Walter and David J. Hester of Johnson, Hester & Walter, Ottumwa, for appellants.

Paul Goldsmith of Goldsmith Law Office, Chariton, for appellees Surber.

Deborah S. Krauth of Krauth Law Firm, Cherokee, guardian ad litem, for the minor child Joseph Edmund Reed.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

SNELL, Justice.

This case raises questions of law and equity arising out of a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian and conservator for a minor child. The child, Joseph Edmund Reed, was orphaned in 1985 at age one by an automobile accident that killed his father and mother. In these proceedings, his maternal grandfather, his paternal grandparents, and his parents' friends have all sought to be appointed guardians and conservators. The district court on remand...

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