Guardian of Estate ONLY removed WEDDING BANDS

[NRBoberg]

What is the name of your state? OHIO

QUESTION AND HELP! My grandmother was alive, legal guardian of herself and proved competent x2 through the courts! However, a Guardian of Estate was appointed against her will. She wrote letters and called to have this man removed. The Summit County Probate Court did nothing! Then before she died he went into the Hospice Center where she was spending her last days, and he had her wedding bands removed. She watched in horror as he did this to her. She was 89 and afraid of a nursing home, so she did everything to please him. He removed her fine furniture from her home and jewelry and locked them in an unknown storage facility, cancelled her car insurance, and never got along with my grandmother. However, one thing is for sure... I highly doubt it was legal for him to come in and remove her wedding bands! I was told this was her personal property.

 

[NRBoberg]

Estate Lawyer Removed Wedding Bands

What is the name of your state? OHIO

QUESTION AND HELP! My grandmother was alive, legal guardian of herself and proved competent x2 through the courts! However, a Guardian of Estate was appointed against her will. She wrote letters and called to have this man removed. The Summit County Probate Court did nothing! Then before she died he went into the Hospice Center where she was spending her last days, and he had her wedding bands removed. She watched in horror as he did this to her. She was 89 and afraid of a nursing home, so she did everything to please him. He removed her fine furniture from her home and jewelry and locked them in an unknown storage facility, cancelled her car insurance, and never got along with my grandmother. However, one thing is for sure... I highly doubt it was legal for him to come in and remove her wedding bands! I was told this was her personal property. We are pursuing investigation, but I would like to know how amazed people are to hear about this.

 

[Dandy Don]

You need to be talking to a family law attorney to find out exactly what the guardianship allows him to do. It seems like some of his actions may be unwarranted and you need to decide whether to threaten him to return the furniture to the home and to return the wedding bands or face police action.

 

[BlondiePB]

You need to be talking to a family law attorney to find out exactly what the guardianship allows him to do. It seems like some of his actions may be unwarranted and you need to decide whether to threaten him to return the furniture to the home and to return the wedding bands or face police action.

There's a reason I did not reply to this thread yesterday, DD. These situations are very ugly and there's usually more to these situations. Furthermore, the correct and legal answer to whether the legal guardian has the right to do what was done is not going to be what the poster wants to hear, which is the legal guardian does have the right to do what was done.

The guardian of the estate is responsible for the property of the ward and answers to the court, not the OP. Should the jewelry disappear from the facility that the ward is in, the guardian is responsible for the missing jewelry. There are a few reasons why the guardian did put the furniture in storage. Thus far, I do not see anything legally wrong with the actions of the guardian of the estate.