ANNA S. v. DIANA M.

No. 02-2640.

270 Wis.2d 411 (2004)

2004 WI App 45

678 N.W.2d 285

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF KEISHA M.S.: ANNA S., Petitioner-Respondent, v. DIANA M., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Leslie D. Shear, Frank J. Remington Center, Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Dianne M. Soffa, Soffa & Devitt, LLC, Whitewater.

On behalf of the guardian ad litem, the cause was submitted on the brief of Christopher J. Rogers, Fort Atkinson.

Before Dykman, Vergeront and Higginbotham, JJ.


¶ 1. VERGERONT, J.

Diana M., the mother of Keisha M.S., appeals the circuit court's order appointing Anna S. as guardian of Keisha's person and estate rather than Diana's mother, Mary O. Diana contends the circuit court applied an incorrect legal standard because it failed to give the requisite weight to Diana's nomination of Mary as Keisha's guardian, and it erroneously viewed Anna as having been nominated as Keisha's guardian by Keisha's deceased father. We...

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