IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF E.L.

No. 2005-316.

911 A.2d 35 (2006)

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF E.L.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: November 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Sheehan, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the ward.

Scott D. McGuffin, of Laconia, for the guardian, Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc., filed no brief.

Kelly A. Ayotte, attorney general (Michael K. Brown, senior assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.


BRODERICK, C.J.

The ward, E.L., appeals an order of the Merrimack County Probate Court (Hampe, J.) denying his motion to terminate guardianship. E.L. argues that the probate court erred in finding that the guardian proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he remains incapacitated to make his own medical decisions and that no less restrictive alternative to guardianship exists. We affirm.

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