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...Aaaaand it just got worse
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<blockquote data-quote="2much2recover" data-source="post: 642801" data-attributes="member: 18366"><p>The problems here in this state is there is a high waiting list for those with ID's needing care and services. (I know at one time 6K on waiting list.) So the quickest way to get service for your child is to abandon them into state care where then the state is forced to move that (adult child) to the top of the list. Thus creates the problem, if you don't have a POA, having abandoned your child and gotten DCF involved it is highly unlikely that the family will be then chosen as the Guardian. So if the family hires the lawyer to get guardianship - they may get stuck paying both the lawyers bills and the guardianship bills as well. To get around this - this state has Family focused groups in support of people with ID's to help them both get the help they need and help to advise on the best legal ways around strict guardianship laws.</p><p>I had to go this route because my parents never made any arrangements for my sister and I was helping a long time before Guardianship which we because we got involved with a company that was stealing my sister's money and basically abusing their situation and they used my sister's "free will" (not having been declared incompetent) to basically try and shut the family out. Therefore we had no choice to go this route. Yes, she was being held hostage by a for profit company. The whole state is screwed up about people with these disabilities and the companies that service them and our Governor isn't exactly the type that wants to hear or make any changes about this problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2much2recover, post: 642801, member: 18366"] The problems here in this state is there is a high waiting list for those with ID's needing care and services. (I know at one time 6K on waiting list.) So the quickest way to get service for your child is to abandon them into state care where then the state is forced to move that (adult child) to the top of the list. Thus creates the problem, if you don't have a POA, having abandoned your child and gotten DCF involved it is highly unlikely that the family will be then chosen as the Guardian. So if the family hires the lawyer to get guardianship - they may get stuck paying both the lawyers bills and the guardianship bills as well. To get around this - this state has Family focused groups in support of people with ID's to help them both get the help they need and help to advise on the best legal ways around strict guardianship laws. I had to go this route because my parents never made any arrangements for my sister and I was helping a long time before Guardianship which we because we got involved with a company that was stealing my sister's money and basically abusing their situation and they used my sister's "free will" (not having been declared incompetent) to basically try and shut the family out. Therefore we had no choice to go this route. Yes, she was being held hostage by a for profit company. The whole state is screwed up about people with these disabilities and the companies that service them and our Governor isn't exactly the type that wants to hear or make any changes about this problem. [/QUOTE]
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