IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF HELEN F.

Pen-12-276.

60 A.3d 786 (2013)

2013 ME 18

GUARDIANSHIP OF HELEN F.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey B. Braccio, Esq. (orally), Pelletier & Faircloth, Bangor, on the briefs, for appellant Helen F.

William J. Schneider , Attorney General, and Katherine Greason (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, on the briefs, for appellee Department of Health and Human Services.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] Helen F. appeals from the judgment of the Penobscot County Probate Court (Woodcock, J.) adjudicating her to be incapacitated and appointing the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) as her guardian and conservator. We vacate the judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] In March 2012, the Department filed joined petitions in the Penobscot County Probate Court seeking...

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