Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 You can do it yourself. I know people that have. Also DMR picked up some of the fees and my son had no costs as he was considered indigent. We paid $900. DMR did the psych eval in their DMR slot so that did not cost us. Jeannette Meddle not in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good With ketchup! **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi , We are going through guardianship right now with le - she will be 18 March 29th. We live in Wisconsin and here the county does this for us - so there is no cost to us. We are working with a social worker through the counties Department of Health and Social Services. We also have an Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) within the Social Services Dept. We had to have an evaluation done by a psychologist and the courts will appoint an Guardian ad Litem, but at the counties expense, not ours. The only $$ this is costing us is for psychologist - and her health insurance paid for most of that. Check with your county - there has to be something like this there. Jackie > > Hi all. I have a question regarding guardianship. will be > 18 in July, and since we didn't know how long the process would take > and what all would be involved, we decided to start now. Wellll, I went > to see an attorney for our initial visit today and frankly, we were NOT > expecting the cost to be so high, as he quoted us about $4000! Part of > this is because when we go to court the first time (we will go twice), > he will be appointed a lawyer and we have to pick up the tab for that. > > When I divorced my first husband (bear with me...it's related), I did > the whole thing myself. Literally, it was called a do-it-yourself > divorce (this is because it was no-contest). The place mailed me the > papers I had to fill out, I sent them back to them, they transferred > them into legal papers and sent them back to me, then I took them to > the courthouse myself and filed them. For the company that did the > paperwork for me, I paid $88.00 and the filing fee at the courthouse > was only $66.00 Very cheap!!! Sooo, here's my question, does anyone > know if there is a way to petition for guardianship myself? > ~~ in MD (mom of 17ds, Angel 15ds, Caitlyn 11ADD > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 We didn't pay for the guardian ad litem, since the calculation was based on our daughter's income or whatever money our daughter had. Our lawyer arranged for all of this, and the state or whoever I forgot who carried the cost. However, we didn't go for guardianship right at her 18th birthday, it was a bit later, I don't know if this makes a difference. So check things out before you pay, a friend of ours paid the guardian ad litem too, and later she found out she didn't need too. Heike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thank you so much! I will be checking around...maybe with the ARC or something. I will keep eveyone posted so as to spread the wealth (of info) so to speak! ~~ in MD (mom of 17ds, Angel 15ds, Caitlyn 11ADD) --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Yes.. both can be named guardians. and I are both guardians to Maverick but only is the Representative Payee for SS for both and Maverick.. (yes, we finally got Mav approved for SS!). Only one of us can do that and we both know that is the one to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 More credentialed persons than I will reply to this, with better details. Depending on which kind of guardianship, the guardian is now something like the parent of a minor child, at least in regards to signing contracts. And a credit card application is a contract. If your friend's sibling gets a credit card and uses it before anyone finds out, I don't know how the credit card company would handle those charges once notified. But once the guardian finds out about the card, she can contact the credit card company and get the card cancelled. The credit card company may ask for some kind of proof of guardianship, but they are likely to freeze use of the card in the meantime. Although some folks you deal with will ask you to fax guardianship paperwork (health insurance, SSA), I'm surprised at how often I've needed to tell someone " I'm legal guardian " , and that has settled an issue.   -Gail ________________________________ From: Cindi Swanson <cbswanson@...> IPADDUnite Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 3:07 PM Subject: guardianship question  If an individual has a guardian and is somehow coersed into applying for and getting a credit card, how is the person and guardian protected . A friend is considering guardianship of a sibling who had wracked up a great deal of credit charges and the parent paid off the charges. The sister does not want to have to be liable for a mistake like this. How does she get protected? Cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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