Full Text Decision in Jackson v. Selig

The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine held that adults who are the subject of guardianship or conservatorship proceedings have the right to effective assistance of counsel and may assert ineffective-assistance claims, but affirmed the probate court's denial of a petition...

The Iowa Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff failed to meet his burden of showing that his father had lacked the mental capacity to sign a deed transferring real property to the plaintiff's brother, where the plaintiff helped facilitate...