Advanced age or medical conditions can compromise someone's ability to take care of themselves. Often, issues with financial matters are an early warning sign of someone's declining ability to live independently. It can be difficult for an older adult or someone...
You have an autistic child, and you love them with all your heart. They’re high-functioning, so they don’t need a legal guardian to handle all major decisions for them. You are worried, however, how they may fare once they come into their inheritance from you – and...
If a guardian is chosen for an elderly individual who is incapacitated in some way, there could potentially be conflicts between what the two parties think is the best decision. After all, that incapacitation may not mean that the elderly person is physically...
When you are potentially going to be the guardian for someone you care about, you may find that it is more complex than you thought just because you’re across state lines. When you cross state lines, rules and laws change. Determining jurisdiction may become a...
Some people mistakenly use the words guardianship and conservatorship interchangeably, as if they are exactly the same thing. The reason for this mistake is simple: These two types of legal situations do address a similar circumstance where an elderly person needs...
It's the middle of the night, and your phone rings. It's your mother's neighbor, calling to let you know that she suffered a stroke and is at the hospital. You rushed down, only to have a doctor sadly inform you that they can't talk about the specifics of her medical...
It’s difficult to watch a loved one go without the medical care and services they need -- especially when you realize that they’re in some sort of mental decline due to the ravages of age or disease. In that kind of situation, you may have to step forward and ask the...
Some people are in a position of legal authority over others. Parents and legal guardians of children get to make medical and educational decisions for those miners until they reach adulthood. However, adults with certain special needs and older adults experiencing...
It can be hard for older adults to let their children know they need support and even harder for them to give up their legal and medical autonomy. Guardianship is an important protection for aging adults struggling to handle their finances independently, but it can be...
If you've watched how the conservatorships of some high-profile individuals have worked out in recent years, you might think that once they're in place, there's no way to terminate them. That's not the case, though. A conservatee and their prospective conservator must...
