What do you mean by Guardianship Attorney and the process of Guardianship?

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What Do You Mean By The Term Guardianship?

• Guardianship is a legal relationship which is
  created when a person or institution named in a
  will or assigned by the court to take care of
  minor children or incompetent adults.
• The term "guardian" may also refer to someone who
  is appointed to care for and/or handle the
  affairs of a person who is incompetent or
  incapable of administering his/her affairs. 

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What is an Adult Guardianship?

• Adult Guardianship refers to those statutes which
  make investigation into the ability of an adult
  to manage his/her person or affairs.
• If The Court or jury finds that an adult cannot
  manage affairs, adult guardianship law provides
  legal process to appoint a guardian of the person
  and a guardian of the estate.

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What Is an Elderly Guardianship?

• Elderly guardianship, is also known as elderly
  conservatorship.
• It is a legal relationship created when a court
  appoints an individual to care for an elderly
  person who is no longer able to care for himself
  or herself.

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What Is The Role Of An Elderly Guardianship
Attorney?

• A Guardian has a duty of care towards the elderly
  person. In plain terms, this means that the
  guardian must put the interests of the elderly
  person first.
• The guardian may have many responsibilities, such
  as deciding where the elderly person will live,
  how to keep the elderly person healthy, how to
  prepare a budget based on the elderly person's
  finances, and how to arrange for recreation and
  social contact.

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