GUARDIANSHIP OF ZALTMAN

No. 05-P-1611.

65 Mass. App. Ct. 678 (2006)

GUARDIANSHIP OF ZALTMAN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura A. Sanford for Marsha Zaltman.

Paige Scott Reed for Anne LaFleur & another.

Present: Armstrong, C.J., Laurence, & Grasso, JJ.


LAURENCE, J.

We address an issue of first impression that was left unanswered by the Supreme Judicial Court in Guardianship of Hocker, 439 Mass. 709, 716 n.14 (2003) (see note 9, infra): May a nonindigent ward who has been adjudged incapable of making her own medical decisions retain a lawyer to represent her in a petition under G. L. c. 201, §§ 13 and 13A, seeking to discharge her guardianship and remove...

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