Court Opinion

ID: 9606150
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:47:33.133549+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:33.222527
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*537DENECKE, C. J.,
specially concurring.
I specially concur to state why I concur with the majority’s decision that the Court of Appeals’ decision should be reversed.
The parties stipulated that they agreed upon a settlement. They also stipulated that the agreement was reasonable and that it had the support of the minor’s parents and the conservator when made. In addition, they stipulated that the conservator would petition the probate court for approval of the agreement. I agree with the majority that the conservator had a duty to submit the agreement to the probate court for approval.
No statute required the parties to submit the agreement for the approval of the probate court. Judicial approval was required only to satisfy the terms of the settlement agreement. Given the stipulated facts that the settlement proposal was reasonable when made and that it had the support of all the parties when made, the probate judge would have had no grounds not to approve the settlement. For this reason the enforcement of the settlement agreement by the circuit court was correct.
Lent, J., joins in this opinion.