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IN MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF AGNES T.

No. 92-1056.

189 Wis.2d 520 (1995)

525 N.W.2d 268

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF AGNES T., Alleged Incompetent. AGNES T. and Patricia M. Cavey, Guardian ad Litem for Agnes T., Appellants, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-petitioner there were briefs and oral argument by Louis Edward Elder, principal assistant corporation counsel, Milwaukee.

For the appellants there was a brief by Patricia M. Cavey and Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc., Milwaukee and oral argument by Patricia M. Cavey.

STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether a circuit court may appoint a guardian under ch. 880, Stats., for an incompetent resident of a nursing home licensed for 16 or more beds without holding a hearing for protective placement under ch. 55. The circuit court appointed a guardian for such a person but refused to hold a hearing for protective placement under ch. 55. The court of appeals reversed, holding that the...

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