And while the Probate courts are stuck on Strunk–a decision that says a Guardian can limit the ward from dangerous persons and has descretion in the matter, and which is always cited when the Guardian or GAL wan to isolate and drain in those funny business cases (read Sykes, Gore, etc.)  comes a much more reasoned decision from the 2nd circuit court of appeals.

The case is very interesting for those of you out there (Barbara Stone, Dom Spera, etc. who cannot see or are limited from seeing a loved one) and it helps court abuse victims like Roseanna Miller who wants a habeus corpus.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6066286202479918547&q=%22Gross+v+Rell%22&hl=en&as_sdt=4,75,99,107,122,138,162,286,287,288,289,349,350,351,352,380

Good case quotes:

For nearly a year beginning in 2005, Daniel Gross, an octogenarian, had a conservatorship imposed for his estate and person against his will. He was kept in a nursing home for ten months, until a Superior Court judge in Connecticut, citing…