MO and JB

The case involved the appointment of an administrator and intervention in an enduring power of attorney for a represented person. The applicants, MO and JB, sought the appointment of an administrator for the represented person, and the revocation of enduring powers of attorney. They also sought an order that their legal costs be paid out of the estate of the represented person. The matter was heard in the Supreme Court of Queensland.

The primary legal issues were whether an administrator should be appointed for the represented person, whether the enduring powers of attorney should be revoked, and whether the applicants' legal costs should be paid out of the estate of the represented person. The court had to consider the relevant provisions of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990, and whether the applicants' actions were reasonable and in the best interests of the represented person.

The court found that the applicants' actions were reasonable and in the best interests of the represented person. It held that an administrator should be appointed and that the enduring powers of attorney should be revoked. The court also found that the applicants were entitled to an order that the represented person pay a contribution of one-half of their legal costs, under section 16(4) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990. The court reasoned that the represented person had the ability to contribute to the costs, and that it was in the interests of justice to make such an order.

The court made orders appointing an administrator for the represented person, revoking the enduring powers of attorney, and ordering the represented person to pay a contribution of one-half of the applicants' legal costs.