GUARDIANSHIP OF LANDER


697 A.2d 1298 (1997)

1997 ME 168

GUARDIANSHIP OF Charles H. LANDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Lee Ivy, Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, Bangor, for appellant.

Andrew Ketterer, Carmen L. Coulombe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Jay H. Otis, Brewer, for appellee Department of Human Services.

Paul O. Dillon, Corinth, Visitor appointed by Probate Court.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and LIPEZ, JJ.


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Charles H. Lander, a ward in an adult guardianship, appeals from the judgment entered in the Penobscot County Probate Court (Woodcock, J.) denying his petition for the termination of guardianship pursuant to 18-A M.R.S.A. § 5-307 (1988). He argues that the court erred by allocating the burden of proof to him as petitioner. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.

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