IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF STEVENSON

No. 26168.

825 N.W.2d 911 (2013)

2013 S.D. 4

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP and Conservatorship OF Nicole Trina STEVENSON.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, Daniel J. Todd , Special Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee Guardian South Dakota Department of Social Services.

John A. Hamilton , South Dakota Advocacy Services, Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee protected person Nicole Trina Stevenson.

Richard L. Johnson , Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for appellant Mother Delores G. Overholtzer.

Thomas M. Keller , Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for appellee Father Wayne Stevenson.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The circuit court ordered a mother's removal as guardian and conservator for her disabled adult daughter, after the mother failed to address adequately her daughter's obesity and transition to more independent living. The mother appeals.

Background

[¶ 2.] Nicole Trina Stevenson was born in 1985 with cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities. Delores Overholtzer and Wayne Stevenson are Nicole's biological parents...

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