Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 2nd Edition by Marianne Jennings, Albert Napier, Marianne Jennings

Exercise 5

Joan Ohlman, a patient in a hospital, refused medical treatment for her leg infection because she thought swelling was caused by a machine controlled by the President of United States. She told a court that she "was informed" that the people she had thought were her parents "were computers pretending to be" her parents. She was spending money on flights to Chicago and other cities because she said she was being kidnapped. She brought suit for a court to give her $105 million "to live nice life." The state sought to be appointed her guardian and to set aside the contracts she has entered into in order to preserve her assets. Can the court set aside the contracts? If so, on what basis? If the court appoints a guardian, what is the effect on any future contracts she enters into? [ In re Estate of Ohlman , 630 N.E.2d 1133 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994).]