ESTATE OF CASTEEL v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM

No. WD 57185.

17 S.W.3d 585 (2000)

ESTATE OF Kayla Marie CASTEEL, Minor, Plaintiff, Betsy G. Casteel,, Appellant, v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

May 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Cronan, Columbia, for appellant.

Mick D. Wilson, Ashland, for respondent.

Before: Presiding Judge HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge JAMES SMART and Judge THOMAS NEWTON.


HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether letters of guardianship to a parent for her minor child, must terminate when the child turns eighteen. Though not raised, there is a more fundamental question of jurisdiction in the trial court to grant a parent letters of guardianship of a minor child. Appellant mother applied for guardianship over her minor daughter. The trial court granted letters of guardianship of a minor but held...

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