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GUARDIANSHIP OF HUGHES

715 A.2d 919 (1998)

1998 ME 186

GUARDIANSHIP OF Maryanne HUGHES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen M. Bailey (orally), Kristin L. Aiello, Augusta, for appellant.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Peter J. Brann, Asst. Atty. Gen., (orally), Christopher C. Leighton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sally M. Wagley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for appellee.

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

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] Maryanne F. Hughes appeals from the judgment entered in the Kennebec County Probate Court (Mitchell, J.) appointing the Department of Human Services as her limited public guardian pursuant to 18-A M.R.S.A. §§ 5-601 to 5-614 (1998). Hughes contends the court's use of the preponderance of the evidence standard to determine whether she is an incapacitated person denied her due process of law, the court erred by granting the...

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