In re Guardianship of McIntosh

The Department of Health and Human Services filed a petition seeking a general public guardianship over Colleen McIntosh, alleging that McIntosh’s diagnosis of chronic paranoid schizophrenia rendered her incapacitated. After a hearing, the county probate court appointed the Department as general public guardian for McIntosh based on its findings that McIntosh was incapacitated and in need of a full guardianship until her condition became adequately controlled and that there was no suitable private person available to fulfill that need. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that there was ample evidence supporting a finding, under the clear and convincing evidence standard, of each of the elements necessary for issuance of an order appointing the Department as McIntosh’s public guardian. View "In re Guardianship of McIntosh" on Justia Law