In re Estate of Rodden

Office of Public Guardian filed petition for guardianship over 93-year-old man whose friend and caretaker had been his POA for health care and property. After POA resigned, Public Guardian discovered that she had written $17,000 in checks to herself from ward's account. Public Guardian then filed Petition for Accounting under POA for Property. Power of Attorney Act allows guardian to proceed by petition, in the nature of third-party counterclaim brought under existing guardianship case, rather than in a new, independent proceeding. Petition is functional equivalent of a summons, commanding POA to appear and account before the court on a specified date, time, and place. (CUNNINGHAM and CONNORS, concurring.)