IN RE CONSERVATORSHIP OF GELDERT

No. C3-00-921.

621 N.W.2d 285 (2001)

In the Matter of the CONSERVATORSHIP OF Colleen Ann GELDERT, Proposed Conservatee, and In the Matter of the Mental Deficiency of Colleen Ann Geldert, Ward.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied March 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Kraker, David L. Kraker & Associates, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Geldert.

Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Lisa C. Hahn-Cordes, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Louise Ouradnik as agent of the Commissioner of Human Services.

Roger C. Clarke, Minneapolis, MN, for petitioner Lucy Melena.

Considered and decided by PETERSON, Presiding Judge, LANSING, Judge, and STONEBURNER, Judge.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge

Colleen Ann Geldert is a mentally retarded adult who has been a ward of the Commissioner of Human Services since 1958. Geldert suffers from end-stage renal failure caused by polycistic kidney disease. Dialysis is the only treatment option available to Geldert at this time. In December 1999, Geldert's sister, who believes dialysis is not in her sister's best interests, petitioned to be appointed general conservator of Geldert's person...

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