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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF JONES

No. 81799-COA.

507 P.3d 598 (2022)

138 Nev. Adv. Opn. 6

In the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF the Person and Estate of Kathleen June JONES, an Adult Protected Person. Kathleen June Jones, Appellant, v. Robyn Friedman; and Donna Simmons, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Nevada.

FILED February 24, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ballard Spahr LLP and Joel E. Tasca , Las Vegas; Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Inc., and Maria L. Parra-Sandoval , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Claggett & Sykes Law Firm and Micah S. Echols , Las Vegas; Michaelson & Associates, Ltd., and Patrick C. McDonnell and John P. Michaelson , Henderson; Sylvester & Polednak, Ltd., and Jeffrey R. Sylvester , Las Vegas, for Respondents.

BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS, GIBBONS, C.J., TAO and BULLA, JJ.

OPINION

This case places at issue NRS 159.344, a statute the Nevada appellate courts have not previously had occasion to consider. That statute governs the award of attorney fees in guardianship cases where the guardian requests the protected person's estate to pay attorney fees. While granting attorney fees in this way is...

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