New Hampshire High Court Outlines Standards For Guardian, Probate Court On DNR Issue

(September 23, 2020, 2:58 PM EDT) -- CONCORD, N.H. — Addressing questions raised by a probate court grappling with a guardian's request to lift limitations on her authority regarding an elderly ward's health care, the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Sept. 18 held that per state statute, a court cannot limit a guardian's authority to withhold life-sustaining treatment unless it finds that the limitation is in the ward's best interest and that the standard governing the guardian's decision on the issue is the "best interests" standard (In re Guardianship of D.E., No. 2020-368, N.H. Sup., 2020 N.H. LEXIS 153)....

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