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KNIGHT v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 00-0929.

251 Wis.2d 10 (2002)

2002 WI 27

640 N.W.2d 773

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT OF MURIEL K., alleged incompetent: Jeffrey KNIGHT and Norris Knight, Appellants-Petitioners, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY and Muriel K., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Patricia M. Cavey, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Patricia M. Cavey.

For the respondent, Milwaukee County, there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Mary Ellen Poulos, principal assistant corporation counsel.

For the respondent, Muriel K., there were briefs by Robert B. Peregrine and Peregrine & Roth, S. C., Milwaukee, and Pamela D. Crawford, Franklin, and oral argument by Robert B. Peregrine.

For Steven C. Underwood, guardian of the person, there was a brief by Brian W. McGrath, John F. Callan, and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Brian W. McGrath.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by William P. Donaldson, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long Term Care.

¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

The petitioners, Jeffrey and Norris Knight, seek review of a published court of appeals decision dismissing their appeal from a circuit court order that revoked Muriel K.'s power of attorney documents naming the Knights as agents, protectively placed Muriel K., and appointed guardians of her person and estate.1 The Knights assert that the court of appeals erred in concluding that they lacked standing to...

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