Guardianship of Bassett

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• guardian may be appointed for mentally retarded person who lacks decision-making capability as to some but not all personal affairs
• guardian may be appointed for mentally retarded person who lacks decision-making capability as to some but not all personal affairs
• matters under G. L. c. 215, § 6, are “governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure”
• judge could properly exercise his powers to appoint guardian “for limited purposes and with specified responsibilities”
• mentally retarded person requiring guardianship nevertheless had “decision-making capability” as to “some but not all of his personal affairs”
• Probate Court has traditional equitable power to resolve problems involving mentally retarded persons

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).