Opinion ID: 2330745
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Estate Of Marjorie Horwath

Text: Widow Marjorie suffered from Alzheimer's disease and, following Andrew Sr.'s death, she moved to live with daughter Mary in Minnesota. In 1999 a Minnesota probate court established a conservatorship for Marjorie. Mary was appointed Conservator of the Person, and Michael was appointed Conservator of the Estate. This arrangement charged Mary with daily care of her mother, while Michael was to pay the reasonable charges for the support and maintenance of the conservatee in the manner suitable to her station in life and the value of her estate. Specifically, under this Minnesota conservatorship arrangement, Mary was to receive $600 monthly from Marjorie's estate, payable by conservator Michael, as well as Marjorie's $398 monthly social security benefits; this $998 monthly sum was to be used by Mary to care for Marjorie. Meanwhile, Michael would continue to manage the fishing permits. [6] On November 9, 2001, Marjorie died intestate in Minnesota at age 79. Michael applied in Alaska to be PR for her estate on April 9, 2002. Her remaining estate consisted solely of an unimproved residential lot north of Ketchikan, worth approximately $33,500. Michael obtained consent forms for his appointment as PR from all the Horwath children except Mary. [7] The record does not reflect Michael's actual appointment as PR for Marjorie's estate, [8] but her estate was administratively closed on April 7, 2004, listing Michael as PR. Michael died in 2007. Following his death, daughter Sue petitioned to reopen Marjorie's estate and to be appointed successor PR in intestacy. Lacking consent from all her siblings, Sue filed a Request for Conversion to Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs, and Appointment of Personal Representative in a Formal Proceeding on December 4, 2007. A hearing was scheduled for January 28, 2008 in Ketchikan. At this January 2008 hearing, Mary testified that she believed there remained unpaid items that Michael had been required to pay in connection with her care of their mother Marjorie in Minnesota; specifically, she mentioned $150,000 in home renovations and a figure of $15 per hour for Marjorie's care. Following the January 2008 hearing, Sue was appointed PR for Marjorie's estate. Notice to creditors was published in the Ketchikan Daily News for three consecutive weeks, from April 2 to April 16, 2008. An affidavit of publication was not filed with the court until December 17, 2008, almost eight months later.