Guardianships Attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana
When is Guardianship appropriate?
When is Guardianship appropriate?
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a guardianship is appropriate when we
have an individual that either does not
have the proper estate planning
documents such as a general durable
power of attorney um that’s been
properly executed or current or fits the
dynamic so if they have a document
that’s so old that nominates somebody
that’s no longer able to serve because
they themselves are incapacitated um or
it doesn’t make sense then we’re looking
at the court system um which a
guardianship here in Indiana um and so
that’s where we have to take a lot of
things into consideration such as
constitutional rights and doe process
and so there’s a lot of individuals that
we have to look at to determine whether
or not we send them information on the
guardianships obtain consents um file
documents with the court and then ask
the court for a hearing um and then we
also are looking at um evidence to
present at that hearing um whether or
not that individual can take care of
them
you know so sometimes it’s they can’t
manage themselves so where they live
whether or not they have a safe home
environment you know are they able to
cook or use the stove anymore are they
having issues with activities of daily
nit living you know sometimes it’s not
that that the body themselves is fine um
but the mind is having issues and so
they can’t make financial decisions well
and so we can we can split those up we
can have it all together um it just
depends on what that person needs and
then we have to get somebody to do those
things for that individual um and then
we have to report to the court for as
long as that guardianship is active
Indianapolis, IN estate planning attorney Jessica Williams talks about when Guardianship is appropriate.
