GUARDIANSHIP OF JACKSON

No. 03-P-1151.

61 Mass. App. Ct. 768 (2004)

GUARDIANSHIP OF JACKSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

September 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn J. Schmidt for the petitioners.

Warren M. Yanoff for the ward.

Present: Greenberg, Porada, & Gelinas, JJ.


GELINAS, J.

In this appeal, the petitioners, the mother and father of Jackson, essentially challenge a Probate and Family Court judge's findings (1) that they did not sustain their burden of demonstrating that, at the time of trial, their adult son was incompetent by reason of mental illness to manage his own personal and financial affairs; and (2) that they failed to show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Jackson was not able to think or act for himself as...

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