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MATTER OF NORA D.

Supreme Court No. S-17756.

485 P.3d 1058 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Protective Proceedings of NORA D.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 7, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie L. Webb , Assistant Public Advocate, and James Stinson , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Nora D. Bruce F. Stanford and Megan Rowe (limited appearance for oral argument), Law Offices of Bruce F. Stanford, LLC, Seward, for Kevin G. Chad Hansen and Mark Regan, Disability Law Center of Alaska, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae Disability Law Center of Alaska.

Kimberly D. Rodgers , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for Amicus Curiae State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Adult Protective Services.

Before: Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, and Carney, Justices. [Borghesan, Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court ordered a respondent in a guardianship matter to attend a psychiatric evaluation and answer all questions posed to her by a petitioner's retained expert. But a guardianship statute provides that a respondent may refuse to answer questions during examinations and evaluations...

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