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COSTON v. JOSEPH P.

No. 97-1210.

222 Wis.2d 1 (1998)

586 N.W.2d 52

IN The MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP AND IN The MATTER OF CONSERVATORSHIP OF JOSEPH P., Alleged Incompetent: Gloria COSTON and Gloria Martony, Appellants, v. JOSEPH P. and Laura J. Petrie, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patricia M. Cavey of the Mental Disability Law Center, of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Patricia M. Cavey.

On behalf of the respondents, the cause was submitted on the joint brief of Janet F. Resnick of Resnick & Associates, counsel for Joseph P., Laura J. Petrie, of Petrie & Stocking, S.C., counsel for Laura J. Petrie, Elizabeth Carlson of Karlsson & Carlson, guardian ad litem for Joseph P., James J. Barrock, of Barrock & Barrock, counsel for Adeline P., and David S. Berman of David S. Berman Law Office, guardian for Joseph P., all of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Janet F. Resnick.

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

SCHUDSON, J.

Gloria Coston, the sister of Joseph P., and Gloria Martony, the niece of Joseph P., appeal from the circuit court orders determining that Joseph P. is incompetent, appointing a guardian for his estate and person, and ordering his protective placement. Coston and Martony contend: (1) that the circuit court erred, as a matter of law, in ordering Joseph P.'s guardianship and protective placement without conducting...

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