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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF TSCHUMY

No. A12-2179.

834 N.W.2d 764 (2013)

In re the GUARDIANSHIP OF Jeffers J. TSCHUMY, Ward.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Nathan Brennaman , Mikiesha R. Mayes , Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae State of Minnesota.

Robert A. McLeod , Karla M. Vehrs , Lindsey Middlecamp, Lindquist & Vennum, L.L.P., and Charles W. Singer , Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Joseph Vogel, guardian and conservator of Jeffers J. Tschumy.

Michael J. Biglow , Law Offices of Michael J. Biglow, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent-ward Jeffers J. Tschumy.

Rebecca Egge Moos , Rachel B. Peterson , Charles E. Lundberg , Bassford Remele, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Allina Health System.

Diane B. Bratvold , Jennifer A. Lammers , Amie E. Penny Sayler , Briggs & Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Benjamin Peltier , Minnesota Hospital Association, St. Paul, MN; and Teresa Knoedler , Minnesota Medical Association, Minneapolis, MN, for amici curiae Minnesota Hospital Association and Minnesota Medical Association.

Considered and decided by HUDSON, Presiding Judge; STAUBER, Judge; and TOUSSAINT, Judge.

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

Appellant guardian challenges the district court's determination that he was required to seek an order from the district court to authorize the discontinuation of a permanently unconscious ward's life-support systems. Because the statutory grant of medical-consent power to a guardian, unless otherwise limited by court order, encompasses the authority to discontinue medical treatment for...

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