In order to keep your loved ones from being taken advantage of, it is sometimes necessary to get the courts involved. For many years, Care Law Colorado, LLC, has helped our Denver-area clients protect their loved ones through the use of guardianships and conservatorships.
At Care Law Colorado, we fully understand all of the procedures and requirements necessary to obtain a guardianship or conservatorship, and we do our best to help our clients expedite this process and protect their loved ones as soon as possible.
What Are Guardianships and Conservatorships?
When someone is not competent and cannot handle his or her own affairs, usually due to advancing age or a degenerative medical condition, a guardianship or conservatorship grants someone else the right to make financial and medical decisions for that person.
Situations requiring guardianships and conservatorships commonly arise when:
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Someone does not have a health care power of attorney in place and no longer has the capacity to create power of attorney, or
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The person who was given financial power of attorney is taking advantage of the incompetent party's finances.
What Is the Difference Between a Guardianship and a Conservatorship?
Guardianships: These help in situations where a person is unable to competently make decisions about his or her medical care. Many times, placement in a nursing home or hospital requires a guardianship or power of attorney to be in place before someone can be checked in to the facility.
Conservatorships: These are almost identical to guardianships, but deal with a person's finances instead of medical decisions.
Denver Conservatorship Attorney
In order to obtain a guardianship or conservatorship, you must go through the courts. After a guardianship or conservatorship is granted, each year you must re-file your request with the court and give the court a status update about how the person and his or her finances are doing. It is best to have a lawyer help with this process.
Contact Care Law Colorado
Care Law Colorado, LLC, strives to help our clients create comprehensive care plans that make long-term care as accessible and affordable as possible. Our services are available by appointment only, as we frequently accommodate our clients' needs by meeting with them in their homes. Call 720-358-0228 or use our online form to set up a free initial consultation with a Denver guardianship attorney.