Every guardian has to report annually to the guardianship court (Betreuungsgericht).

In the same time frame, Michael Schiavo filed a motion to enforce the mandate of the guardianship court (that the feeding tube be removed).

The court concluded that "...if we were called upon to review the guardianship court's decision de novo, we would still affirm it."

He was adopted by his grandfather, and following his death, he was adopted by the Guardianship Court in 1939.

The widowed Prince Timo's difficulties continued as after residing for a time in homeless shelters and dwellings to escape his creditors, the guardianship court had him admitted into a mental hospital in 1958.