A conservator was appointed for minor children after their grandmother had already filed a wrongful-death action on their behalf. The conservator attempted to control the litigation and sought to dismiss the grandmother’s case so a similar action could be filed elsewhere. The Supreme Court of Georgia held that the conservator’s statutory power to bring, defend, or participate in litigation did not authorize the procedural maneuvers undertaken in the case. It reversed and vacated portions of the Court of Appeals’ ruling and remanded for proceedings consistent with the proper interpretation of the conservator’s powers and the joinder rules. The decision addressed the relationship between a conservator’s authority and an existing wrongful-death action without eliminating the children’s underlying claims.