In re Guardianship of Richardson

In Re Guardianship of Richardson

2008 Ohio 6696, 120 Ohio St. 3d 438, 900 N.E.2d 174 • 2008-12-24

Citation2008 Ohio 6696, 120 Ohio St. 3d 438, 900 N.E.2d 174

Date Filed2008-12-24

Docket2007-1546

JudgeMoyer, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Pfeifer, Stratton, Cupp

Cited2 times

StatusPublished

Attorneys

Falke & Dunphy, L.L.C., and Lee C. Falke, for appellees., Breidenbach, O’Neal & Bacon and John E. Breidenbach; and Douple, Beyo-glides, Leve, Hansen, Claypool & Kovich and Harry G. Beyoglides Jr., for appellant.

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{¶ 1} The portion of the court of appeals’ judgment holding that appellee (appellant below) Norma Leach has standing to appeal the creation of a guardianship over Alice Richardson is reversed on the authority of our decision in In re Santrucek, 120 Ohio St.3d 67, 2008-Ohio-4915, 896 N.E.2d 683. This reversal does not affect other portions of the court of appeals’ judgment on issues not accepted for review by this court.

Moyer, C.J., and O’Connor, O’Donnell, and Lanzinger, JJ., concur. Pfeifer and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent. Cupp, J., dissents and would dismiss the cause as having been improvidently accepted.