IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF LYNCH

No. 06-99-00071-CV.

35 S.W.3d 162 (2000)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Elizabeth Dunn LYNCH, an Incapacitated Person.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided December 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Waite, Paris, for appellant.

J.D. McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Hutchison, Hunt, Robert Scott McDowell, Paris, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.


OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judicial determination naming a guardian for Elizabeth Lynch. Kathie Jewell, the appellant, asked to be named guardian and lost at trial. Karen Lodes, the appellee, was named as guardian. Jewell and Lodes are daughters of Elizabeth Lynch.

Jewell contends that the court erred by appointing an attorney ad litem who was not qualified to serve, by submitting a jury charge about the ward's preference (when...

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