Conservatorship of Gray
Opinion
Opinion
Frampton, J.
Preliminary Statement
William E. Fox, as conservator, appeals from an order made September 18, 1969, denying him attorney’s fees for services rendered for and on behalf of the conservatee, and Edmund A. Gray, Jr., appeals from an order made on September 29, 1969, awarding Lawrence C. Gray, temporary conservator’s fees and costs and awarding attorneys’ fees for services rendered the temporary conservator.
Statement of Facts
On March 12, 1968, Lawrence C. Gray, a son of Edmund A. Gray, Sr., conservatee, filed a petition to have himself appointed conservator of the person of his father, and for the appointment of Security First National Bank as conservator of the estate of his father. Concurrently therewith he filed a petition seeking his appointment as temporary conservator of his father’s estate.
The reasons given by Lawrence C. Gray for his appointment as temporary conservator, as set forth in his petition, are as follows:
On March 12, 1968, the court made its order, ex parte, appointing Lawrence C. Gray as temporary conservator, and directed that he give bond in the sum of $20,000. On the same day he qualified, and temporary letters were issued to him.