Guardianships and conservatorships are legal tools used when individuals are deemed unable to care for their affairs and interests due to a range of factors, including:
- Mental incapacity
- Physical disability
- Youth/minority
Guardianships are also often created when a preexisting legal guardian is unable or unwilling to perform a guardian's duties. For example, if a parent or guardian is addicted to drugs or alcohol, abuses a child or faces incarceration, another person (typically the child’s non-custodial parent, a grandparent, another relative or a family friend) may petition to become the child’s legal guardian.
At the Little Rock, Arkansas, family law firm of Almand, Orsi & Campbell, PLLC, lawyers have helped hundreds of families manage the emotional and complex processes involved in seeking a guardianship or conservatorship. Some of the inherent issues include:
- Creating guardianships when mental illness or substance abuse affects an adult or parent's mental capacity
- Determining capacity and competence
- Litigation when funds are misused/misappropriated, whether by senior exploitation or by an abuse of fiduciary powers
- Litigation when there are disputes regarding the who will be a child or adult's guardian
- Managing mental health commitments and civil commitments when family members need involuntary in-patient commitment to a mental health facility
- The creation of wills, powers of attorney and trusts
Our family, estate planning and guardianship attorneys have received numerous honors and awards for leadership in the practice of Arkansas family law, and have been involved with numerous family law-related organizations. In addition, our lawyers are well aware of the mental capacity issues that are often involved in the creation of guardianships and conservatorships. To discuss your guardianship or conservatorship law questions with an experienced attorney, call Almand, Orsi & Campbell, PLLC.
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Contact our firm for questions regarding guardianship, conservatorship or mental health law. We are open 8:30 to 5:00 Monday through Friday, promptly return client phone calls and e-mails and accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover as payment for our legal services. Send us an e-mail or call the firm at 501-588-7014 or 866-929-4395.
