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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF KENNEDY

No. 13-0505.

845 N.W.2d 707 (2014)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP and Conservatorship OF Stuart KENNEDY (Involuntary). Stuart Kennedy, Appellant, v. Maria Kennedy, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Bushell of Bushell Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellant.

John H. Judisch of Stuyvesant & Benton, Carlisle, for appellee.

Rita Bettis and Randall C. Wilson, Des Moines, for amicus curiae ACLU of Iowa, and Cynthia A. Miller, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Disability Rights Iowa.

MANSFIELD, Justice.

This case presents the question whether a mother who serves as her intellectually disabled adult son's guardian must obtain court approval before arranging a vasectomy for him. We conclude the relevant statute requires court approval. However, we do not disturb the orders entered by the probate court that declined to terminate the mother's guardianship and also appointed her conservator.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

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