{"id":158,"date":"2017-07-25T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.wordpress.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2018-09-28T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:26:14","slug":"tuesdaytips-filing-for-guardianship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/tuesdaytips-filing-for-guardianship\/","title":{"rendered":"#TuesdayTips \u2013 Filing for Guardianship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 generally not take care of their person or finances<\/a>.\u00a0 When a person is no longer able to appropriately care for themselves or manage their property, it is important to ensure that they are protected. \u00a0When a person will not or cannot voluntarily seek assistance on their own, you may have to request the Court to intervene in order to ensure their safety. \u00a0On this week\u2019s #TuesdayTips article, the attorneys at ERA Law Group, LLC want to discuss the process of filing for Guardianship.<\/p>\n

When filing a Petition for Guardianship of the Person and\/or Property, the Petitioner is seeking the Court to declare the alleged disabled person incompetent and therefore unable to care for themselves and\/or manage their property\/finances.\u00a0 This would let the Petitioner, when appointed Guardian, to act on behalf of the alleged disabled person and make sure they are taken care of physically and financially.<\/p>\n

The steps to file the Petition can be confusing as the Petition requires specific information and documents for filing<\/a>.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Petition requires various information about the alleged disabled person, including but not limited to their finances, the purpose of the filing, the diagnosis, etc.<\/li>\n
  2. The Petition requires time sensitive certificates related to the alleged disabled person\u2019s disability from two medical providers.<\/li>\n
  3. After filing, the Court will appoint the alleged disabled person an attorney to represent them in the proceeding. The attorney will meet and speak with the alleged disabled person and contact anyone else, including the Petitioner, that s\/he feels is necessary.<\/li>\n
  4. The Petitioners will also be required to notify certain people and facilities that would need to be made aware of the Petition.<\/li>\n
  5. Finally, there will be a hearing to decide whether the findings are such that the Court will declare the person incompetent and appoint a Guardian, presumably the Petitioner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In most cases this process is painless.\u00a0 In the other cases the process can be litigious and emotionally challenging for the Petitioner, the family, and the alleged disabled person.\u00a0 In either case, it would be in your best interests to speak with an attorney<\/a> to make sure the Guardianship process is completed effectively and accurately.\u00a0 In the event you oppose the Petition, it\u2019s important to make sure your opportunity to object does not expire and your objections are appropriately identified.<\/p>\n

    The health, safety, and well-being of your friend or family member is of utmost importance.\u00a0 Call the attorneys at ERA Law Group, LLC today to help navigate you through this process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When a person is no longer able to appropriately care for themselves or manage their property, it is important to ensure that they are protected. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[420,413,414,416],"tags":[44,87,88,53,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-elder-law","8":"category-family-law","9":"category-guardianship","10":"category-medicaid-and-asset-preservation","11":"tag-attorney","12":"tag-court","13":"tag-dementia","14":"tag-family","15":"tag-financial-care","16":"tag-friends","17":"tag-guardian","18":"tag-guardianship","19":"tag-illness","20":"tag-judge","21":"tag-lawfirm","22":"tag-lawyer","23":"tag-memory-loss","24":"tag-physical-care","25":"tag-well-being","26":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}