Opinion ID: 1852842
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: Adequacy of Petition

Text: In the sixth assignment of error Sim's attorneys contend that the courts below erred in failing to hold that the guardianship law is unconstitutional because it allows orders to be issued against Mrs. Sim on the basis of a constitutionally defective petition for guardianship. To the extent the argument in connection with this assignment differs from that presented in the next one, it is that a petition which is phrased in statutory terms is somehow constitutionally defective. Sim's attorneys cite no relevant authority in support of that position, and we find none. We note, however, that even in criminal cases, a complaint charging a crime in the words of the relevant statute is deemed sufficient. State v. Wehrle, 223 Neb. 928, 395 N.W.2d 142 (1986). Surely, then, a petition such as involved in this case, which is in the words of the relevant statute, is adequate in the absence of a motion for a more definite statement. The fact a party may be entitled to require a more definite statement from a petitioner does not necessarily mean that the statement as originally made was not sufficient to state a cause of action. See Willis v. Rose, 223 Neb. 49, 388 N.W.2d 101 (1986). The record in this case contains no motion for a more definite statement; under such circumstances, any right Sim's attorneys may have had for such was waived. Lease Northwest v. Davis, 224 Neb. 617, 400 N.W.2d 220 (1987). This assignment has no merit.