IN RE PROTECTIVE PROCEEDING FOR STROZZI

No. 11266.

814 P.2d 138 (1991)

112 N.M. 270

In re the Protective Proceeding for Frederick STROZZI, Respondent-Appellee, Mikel Schoonover, Petitioner-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolf A. Melkus, Thomas L. Popejoy, Popejoy & Leach, P.C., Albuquerque, for petitioner-appellant.

Lee E. Peters, Martin, Cresswell, Hubert, Hernandez & Roggow, P.A., Las Cruces, for respondent-appellee.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

On motion for rehearing, the opinion previously filed is hereby withdrawn and the opinion filed this date is substituted therefor.

This case presents issues of first impression concerning the res judicata effects of a proceeding seeking to create a guardianship and conservatorship. We hold that, in general, a judgment in an action to appoint a guardian or conservator for an allegedly incompetent person is conclusive on...

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