IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF NELSON

No. 26375.

827 N.W.2d 72 (2013)

2013 S.D. 12

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP and Conservatorship OF Margaret "Peggy" NELSON, a person in need of protection.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Vander Heide , Custer, Kenneth E. Barker of Barker Wilson Law Firm, LLP, Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant John Rice.

Lester Nies , of Hood & Nies, PC, Spearfish, South Dakota, and David S. Barari of Goodsell Quinn, LLP, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee and conservator Pioneer Bank & Trust.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this guardianship and conservatorship action, we examine a challenge to the circuit court's jurisdiction brought by an individual accused of plundering the protected person's estate by misuse of a power of attorney.

Background

[¶ 2.] Margaret "Peggy" Nelson and her husband owned and operated a ranch near Aladdin, Wyoming. They had no children. After Peggy's husband died, she became the sole owner and operator...

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