In re Guardianship of Slone

In In re Guardianship of Slone, Crawford App. No. 3-04-13, 2004 Ohio 6041, the Third District also stated that "R.C. 2111.02(C) sets forth the procedure to be followed before a guardian may be appointed, including a provision for a hearing. At a guardianship hearing, a finding of incompetency must be established by clear and convincing evidence. R.C. 2111.02(C)(3)." Id. The Third District further observed that: "The rationale of giving deference to the findings of the trial court rests with the knowledge that the trial judge is best able to view the witnesses and observe their demeanor, gestures and voice inflections, and use these observations in weighing the credibility of the proffered testimony." Id. at P 9.