Things About Guardianship You May Not Have Known
                     Things About Guardianship 
You May Not Have Known
About Elder Law Firm
The only Elder Law Firm in Wisconsin Affiliated 
with a Life Care Planning Firm.
Like a traditional estate and asset preservation 
plan, Elder Law services include the legal protection 
needed to safeguard assets, honor your loved one’s 
wishes and provide for your family members. 
Our services help you clearly define how your loved 
one’s long-term care, financial, physical and 
psychological needs will be met.
 What Is Guardianship?
A ‘guardianship order’ is a legal 
decision made by a court or a 
tribunal that decides if a guardian 
is needed and who that guardian 
will be. In most jurisdictions the 
court or tribunal will determine 
what areas of a person’s life the 
guardian can make decisions.
When might a guardian be 
needed?
• Informal decision-making arrangements 
are proving detrimental to the best 
interests of the person.
• A person is being subjected to neglect, A 
person does not have any family or 
friends willing and able to support the 
person and maintain informal decision-
making arrangements.
• Harm, abuse or exploitation.
• A person’s decisions are not working in 
their best interests and are in fact placing 
them at risk.
 Process for guardianship
In each State and Territory the 
process for formal guardianship 
is outlined below.
• Application
• Investigation
• Hearing
Responsibilities of a guardian
• Protecting the represented person from 
abuse, exploitation and neglect
• Acting in the best interests of the person
• Considering the represented person’s 
wishes
•Making the least restrictive decision 
possible in the circumstances
• Advocating for the represented person
• Encouraging the represented person to 
make their own decisions where possible.
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