Opinion ID: 1745671
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Text: Flyinghorse is an eighty-nine (89) year old enrollee of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (Tribe). Flyinghorse is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, having fought in both World War I and World War II. He is the recipient of a monthly $2,100.00 pension check from the Veteran's Administration (VA). Due to Flyinghorse's advanced age and declining health, he has been periodically hospitalized. On August 7, 1989, the family of Flyinghorse left him at the Five Counties Hospital and Nursing Home in Lemmon, South Dakota without making any arrangements for his care. On August 9, 1989, he was taken to the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Fort Meade, South Dakota for care and evaluation. Flyinghorse was declared both physically and mentally incompetent by the psychiatrist and doctors at the Veteran's Administration Hospital and was authorized to have long-term care at the Fort Meade Facilities. At the time of the hearing on the Petition for Guardianship, the VA had already assumed guardianship for Flyinghorse under 38 U.S.C. § 3202 and made arrangements with the First Interstate Bank of Sioux Falls to be the corporate guardian of the estate of Flyinghorse. On November 13, 1989, the circuit court denied Flyinghorse's Motion to Dismiss the Guardianship Petition and entered an order appointing the First Interstate Bank the corporate guardian over the estate of Flyinghorse.