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Feb 13

#TuesdayTips – New Guardianship Rules

As of January 1, 2018, rules related to Court-Appointed Guardians, Guardianship’s, and Attorneys changed.  In this week’s #TuesdayTips article, the attorneys of ERA Law Group remind our readers the purpose of a Guardianship and what rules have changed.

Many people find themselves in a precarious situation when their spouse, parent, sibling, friend, etc. are no longer able to feed themselves regularly, pay their bills, see the doctor, and just generally not take care of their person or finances.  When a person is no longer able to appropriately care for themselves Read More

Oct 17

#TuesdayTips: My Role as Court Appointed Counsel

What is guardianship and do I need it?  Guardianship is the court process whereby an individual (usually a family member) is appointed by the court to make health care and/or financial decisions form someone who the court has deemed incompetent and not able to make those decisions him or herself.  It is what the court calls, “the means of last resort” because the court prefers alternatives over guardianship because it is so restrictive.  Such alternatives are powers of attorney, joint account ownership, etc.Read More