Categories: Estate Planning
Guardianship often deals with arrangements for the care of minor children in a parent’s absence; however, it can also apply to older children with special needs, or adults needing assistance for day-to-day life. If another person is dependent upon you for care, you must make appropriate legal plans to ensure their safety. A power of attorney may be an option, but it is often not available if the person needing a guardian does not have the capacity to sign a power of attorney or is vulnerable to being manipulated by other third parties into signing a new and very different power of attorney that revokes your rights to serve in that role.
