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COMMUNITY CARE OF MILWAUKEE CTY. v. EVELYN O.

Nos. 96-2108, 96-3254.

214 Wis.2d 434 (1997)

571 N.W.2d 700

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT OF EVELYN O., Alleged Incompetent: COMMUNITY CARE ORGANIZATION OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY, INC., Petitioner-Respondent, v. EVELYN O., by her Guardian ad Litem, Patricia M. Cavey, Respondent-Appellant. IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT OF THYRA K., Alleged Incompetent: THYRA K., by her Guardian ad Litem, Patricia M. Cavey, Respondent-Appellant, THYRA K., Co-Appellant, v. COMMUNITY CARE ORGANIZATION OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY, INC., Petitioner-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant Evelyn O. and respondent-appellant Thyra K. by their guardian ad litem, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patricia M. Cavey of the Mental Disability Law Center of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the co-appellant Thyra K., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Carol Wessels Plaisted and Karyn L. Rotker of Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Margaret Baumgartner, of counsel, of Madison, and Janet F. Resnick of Resnick & Associates, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.

FINE, J.

These are consolidated appeals from orders awarding attorney's fees from the guardianship estates of Evelyn O. and Thyra K. to Community Care Organization of Milwaukee, Inc. We reverse.1

I.

Community Care is a private corporation that contracts with Milwaukee County to provide elder-abuse monitoring and prevention services under § 46.90, STATS. Although Community Care hires lawyers, an employee testified...

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