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Submitted February 17, 2011

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and OBERLY, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.

Appellant, Saadia Ibrahim, contends that she is entitled to reasonable compensation for services rendered as guardian of her husband, Taha AlBaseer, and that the trial court erred by denying her petition for compensationwithout addressing the facts in the petition or explaining the decision to deny it. See D.C. Code § 21-2060 (a) (2009 Supp.); Super. Ct. Prob. R. 308. We hold that the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in rejecting appellant’s petition for compensation and we therefore reverse and remand the case with instructions to the trial court to reconsider appellant’s petition under the proper legal test. See pages 5-6, infra. Because this case has been “around the block” more than once, acquiring a number of confused and confusing filings and rulings along the way, we also take this opportunity to outline the issues the trial court should address on remand.

 
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