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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF JONES

No. 84655.

539 P.3d 1178 (2023)

139 Nev. Adv. Opn. 57

In the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF the Person and Estate of Kathleen June JONES, Protected Person. Kathleen June Jones, Appellant, v. Robyn Friedman; Donna Simmons; and Elizabeth Brickfield, Guardian Ad Litem for Kathleen June Jones, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed December 21, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Inc., and Scott Cardenas and Elizabeth Mikesell , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Dawson & Lordahl, PLLC, and Elizabeth Brickfield , Las Vegas, for Respondent Elizabeth Brickfield.

Michaelson Law and John P. Michaelson , Ammon E. Francom , and Peter R. Pratt , Henderson, for Respondents Robyn Friedman and Donna Simmons.

Julia S. Gold, Chairperson, Dara J. Goldsmith, Amicus Curiae Chairperson. Michael W. Keane, and Amanda Netuschil, Reno, for Amicus Curiae State Bar of Nevada, Probate and Trust Law Section.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, HERNDON, LEE, and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.

OPINION

Roughly 18 months after respondents petitioned for guardianship over their mother, triggering the contentious litigation that followed,1 the district court appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) to aid it in determining the protected person's best interests. The GAL, an...

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