Jackson v. Selig (U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D. Arkansas, No. 3:10CV00276-WRW, Dec. 22, 2010)

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...