IN MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF F.E.H.

Nos. 88-0867, 88-1307.

149 Wis.2d 237 (1989)

440 N.W.2d 799

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF F.E.H., Alleged Incompetent: V.D.H., Appellant, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR OZAUKEE COUNTY, the Hon. Walter J. Swietlik, Presiding, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of John W. Strasburg of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general and James H. McDermott, assistant attorney general.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


SCOTT, C.J.

V.D.H. appeals from orders1 denying her petition, as co-guardian and wife of F.E.H., to transfer their jointly-owned homestead to the sole ownership of V.D.H. The trial court based its decision on the contingent right of Ozaukee county to be reimbursed for medical assistance payments, should V.D.H. predecease the ward, F.E.H. Because we find no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

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