COA holds that a Ch. 54 guardian does not violate statute prohibiting “isolation” from family members when restricting contact is in ward’s best interest

COA holds that a Ch. 54 guardian does not violate statute prohibiting “isolation” from family members when restricting contact is in ward’s best interest

Kelly R. Rose v. C.R.R., 2024AP1450, 7/2/25, District II (recommended for publication); case activity In an interesting statutory construction appeal, COA holds that “a guardian’s determination that denying contact with a family member is in the ward’s best interest is not cause for court action against a guardian.” The subject of this Chapter 54 guardianship is Cory, a teenager with Down’s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. (¶2). Cory’s par…