in her opening brief to this court. Only in Mary's reply brief did she address the statutes of limitations, and then only in the context of Michael's actions as her mother's Minnesota conservator.[5]
8. Having failed to argue the statute of limitations issues in the superior court or in her opening brief to this court, Mary has waived these issues.[6] The superior court's decision is therefore AFFIRMED.[7]
CHRISTEN, Justice, not participating.
STOWERS, Justice, concurring in part and dissenting in part.
The issue before the superior court was a daughter's request for an extension of time to contest a personal representative's dissallowance of the daughter's claims against the estates of her mother, father, and brother. The superior court denied the extension because *755 the applicable statutes of limitations had already run as toHorwath[3] moved to Minnesota to live with their daughter, Mary Jaworski, who was appointed "conservator of Marjorie's person" by a Minnesota court. Michael HorwathMary's brother, and Andrew Sr. and Marjorie's sonbecame conservator of Marjorie's estate during her final years. Marjorie died in 2001, and Michael died in 2007. Another Horwath daughter, Sue Streets, is currently the personal representative (PR) for the estates of Andrew Sr., Marjorie, and Michael.
In November 2008 Mary presented claims against all three estates, alleging that her then-deceased brother Michael had not always paid the court-ordered $600 per month to Mary for the care of their mother and that Michael had not reimbursed her for improvements Mary made to her house while caring for Marjorie. She also claimed that Michael had improperly dissipated property and