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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color:#1F497D">Candace:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You have been asking the right questions in evaluating your situation. The answer to your question is, it is on a case by case basis. If you have a disabled child, maybe in the area of developmental delays,
who is subject to manipulation, then having a guardianship start right at 18 is important as opposed to a lag period. In your situation, the lag period is not as critical even if a health crises arose. There is a statute that permits substitute health car
decision making for an adult if there is no guardian yet in place. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">As to the timing of the application, age is not the issue in disabled child cases. The disability is the focus. As such, you can have a guardianship for a disabled minor. With that said, I generally avoid
getting a guardianship for a disabled minor too early before 18 when the child’s parents will also be the guardians, because it can be confusing to 3<sup>rd</sup> parties about whether they need guardianship paperwork for a disabled minor. In other words,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve served as GAL on several matters where the parents have initiated a guardianship proceeding when the child was still 17. I agree it is a little strange, but I have not known the Court to take issue with it. I think because for a
truly disabled child, it can be very detrimental to have a gap in the parents’ authority. You could consider asking the Court to schedule the hearing on the child’s 18<sup>th</sup> birthday if this is still a concern?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Candace Wilkerson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 8, 2020 3:13 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope I haven’t gotten this answer before and then forgotten it. I have a client that needs to file for guardianship of her severely disabled almost-18-year-old daughter, whose cognitive abilities are extremely low. All of the information
she has received from the child’s school, etc. is that she must *<b>have the guardianship in place</b>* by the day the child turns 18 (i.e., the guardianship must already be in place, the guardian must be bonded and have his/her Letters). When I spoke with
her today, I said I didn’t think the court would even address the parents’ petition for guardianship of their daughter until the daughter turns 18 because the issue isn’t ripe yet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is it possible to file while the child is still 17, have a GAL appointed, and have the GAL do his/her report so that the hearing on the petition for guardianship could be heard on the day the child turns 18? Or do we have to wait until
the child turns 18 even to request the court to appoint a GAL (which is what I thought)? And if we have to wait until the child is 18, has anyone ever obtained a temporary guardianship to give the parent authority to act while the GAL is doing his/her investigation
and report, and until the guardianship petition is granted?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I understand that the parents can give some consent during the period of transition, but because this child is so severely disabled there is absolutely nothing she can do for herself, and the parent are frantic about having a period in
which they can’t legally make <u>all</u> of her decisions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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