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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IN THE MATTER OF J.P. / IN THE MATTER OF E.S. Docket: SJC-13492 / SJC-13493 Dates: April 3, 2024 - September 17, 2024 Presen

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IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF SCOTT2022 OK 67Case Number: SCBD-6962Decided: 06/28/2022THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Cite as: 2022 OK 67, __ P.3d __ IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF: JOEL EDWARD SCOTT, III, TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION AND TO TH

IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF SCOTT2022 OK 67Case Number: SCBD-6962Decided: 06/28/2022THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Cite as: 2022 OK 67, __ P.3d __ NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL. IN THE MATTE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IN THE MATTER OF JOHN HOFFMAN MORAN Docket: SJC-13591 Dates: January 31, 2025 Present:

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IN THE MATTER OF JOHN HOFFMAN MORAN Docket: SJC-13591 Dates: January 31, 2025 Present:

IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF K.D.B.2025 OK 10Case Number: 121075Decided: 02/11/2025THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Cite as: 2025 OK 10, __ P.3d __ NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL. In the Matt

IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF K.D.B.2025 OK 10Case Number: 121075Decided: 02/11/2025THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Cite as: 2025 OK 10, __ P.3d __ NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL.

316 Ga. 474 FINAL COPY S23Z0402. IN THE MATTER OF DAVID ROBERSON. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from a final order of the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants (the “Board”) denying an application for readmission to the State Bar of Georgia (the “State Bar”) filed by David Roberson, who was disbarred in 2001 for multiple violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.1 Roberson argues that the record demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that (1

In the Matter of the Boyce Living Trust, No. 1685, September Term 2022. Opinion by Zic, J. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – STATUTE OF REPOSE Pursuant to § 14.5-605 of the Maryland Annotated Code, Estates and Trusts Article, an interested party may challenge the validity of a trust that was revocable at the death of the settlor within the earliest of either one year after the death of the settlor or six months after receiving proper notice of the trust. Section 14.5-605 is a statute of repose, not a st

05/13/2025 DA 23-0411 Case Number: DA 23-0411 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 2025 MT 96 IN THE MATTER OF M.H.W., an Alleged Mentally Ill Person, Respondent and Appellant. APPEAL FROM: D

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 21–0348 Submitted December 15, 2022—Filed May 26, 2023 IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF J.W., Minor Child. JACOB VAN CLEAF, Proposed Guardian, Appellant. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, William A. Price, Senior Judge. The mother of the proposed protected person in an involuntary guardianship pr

HERNANDEZ, IN THE MATTER OF, 101 Mass. App. Ct. 856 IN THE MATTER OF PEDRO HERNANDEZ. 101 Mass. App. Ct. 856 July 14, 2022 - November 10, 2022 Court Below: Superior Court, Essex County Present: Ditkoff, Walsh, & Brennan, JJ. No. 21-P-518. Incompetent Person, Commitment. Evidence, Hearsay. Practice, Civil,

316 Ga. 845 FINAL COPY S23Y0869. IN THE MATTER OF KEITH CHANCE HARDY. PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of the special master, Delia Tedder Crouch, who recommends that Respondent Keith Chance Hardy (State Bar No. 538509), who was admitted to the State Bar in 2014, be disbarred for his admitted violations of Rules 1.1; 1.2 (a); 1.3; 1.4; 1.5 (a) and (c); 1.15 (I) (a), (b), and (c); 1.16 (b) and (d); 8.4 (a) (4); and 9.3

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE In the Matter of the Estate of ) C.A. No. 2022-0088-LM JOHN L. O’NEILL ) ) and ) ) ROW Folio No. 177444 WF-LM MAGISTRATE’S POST-TRIAL FINAL REPORT Final Report: March 28, 2024 Date Submitted: November 17, 2023 Timothy S. Ferry, FERR

In the Matter of Ronald Meddings, No. 2096, September Term 2018. Opinion by Wells, J. ESTATES AND TRUSTS – GUARDIANSHIP – GUARDIANSHIP OF THE PERSON – LESS RESTRICTIVE FORMS OF INTERVENTION Ronald Meddings requested a bench trial after the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DHMH”) petitioned the circuit court for the appointment of a guardian of his person. DHMH sought an order finding that Mr. Meddings was disabled and that there was no less restrictive form of intervention ot

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE In the Matter of the Estate of ) C.A. No. 2022-0088-LM JOHN L. O’NEILL ) ) and ) ) ROW Folio No. 177444 WF-LM MAGISTRATE’S POST-TRIAL FINAL REPORT Final Report: March 28, 2024 Date Submitted: November 17, 2023 Timothy S. Ferry, FERR

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court In the Matter of James Darrell Dotson, Respondent Appellate Case No. 2019-001503 Opinion No. 27922 Submitted September 26, 2019 – Filed October 23, 2019 DEFINITE SUSPENSION John S. Nichols, Disciplinary Counsel, and Carey Taylor Markel, Deputy Disciplinary Counsel, both of Columbia,

314 Ga. 813 FINAL COPY S22Y1159. IN THE MATTER OF TRENT LEE COGGINS. PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of Special Master Jack J. Helms, Jr., who recommends that the Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline filed by respondent Trent Lee Coggins (State Bar No. 173299) pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (c) after the filing of a formal complaint. Coggins asks that the Court impose a suspension of six months, nunc pro