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Anyone here have POA or custodianship of their difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 630244" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>They asked Sonic if he agreed that I should be his guardian.</p><p></p><p>You need the right documentation or the person can appeal and say he is competent. Basically, that requires the person to be on disability. Yet I'm on disability and do not have a guardian. In fact, I am Sonic's guardian. It's not cut and dried. Since your son is not done with high school yet that could really help you, but you'd better start collecting information from professionals who agree he is incompetent of making his own decisions. That doesn't mean he won't take his medication. Many competent people refuse, for whatever reason, to take medication. It means they are incapacitated and probably will be for the long term. I read that extreme addicts CAN sometimes have parental guardianship, however, as COM said, hard to force an addict to do what you say. You are just responsible for what he does, which in my opinion is not a good thing. And if Sonic decided he wasn't going to listen to me, they wouldn't throw him in jail. It would be more like he'd be fighting with me like a typical teen, although he has never been like one.</p><p></p><p>I think guardianship works the best if it is because your child can not make decisions for himself and if the adult child is compliant. I can't imagine having guardianship over an adult child who refused to do what I told him to do. Ay, the headache is coming just thinking about it. </p><p></p><p>COM is right about how we over-value individual rights in this country. I don't see it as easy for most people to gain guardianship over their grown adult children or more would do it. There are a lot of parents out there who want to control their kids even as adults, regardless of whether or not they can do it themselves. We are country that thinks psychotic individuals have the right not to get psychiatric care and that we can't force twelve year olds, in some states, to take medication. Have your lawyer spell out exactly what your role would be. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 630244, member: 1550"] They asked Sonic if he agreed that I should be his guardian. You need the right documentation or the person can appeal and say he is competent. Basically, that requires the person to be on disability. Yet I'm on disability and do not have a guardian. In fact, I am Sonic's guardian. It's not cut and dried. Since your son is not done with high school yet that could really help you, but you'd better start collecting information from professionals who agree he is incompetent of making his own decisions. That doesn't mean he won't take his medication. Many competent people refuse, for whatever reason, to take medication. It means they are incapacitated and probably will be for the long term. I read that extreme addicts CAN sometimes have parental guardianship, however, as COM said, hard to force an addict to do what you say. You are just responsible for what he does, which in my opinion is not a good thing. And if Sonic decided he wasn't going to listen to me, they wouldn't throw him in jail. It would be more like he'd be fighting with me like a typical teen, although he has never been like one. I think guardianship works the best if it is because your child can not make decisions for himself and if the adult child is compliant. I can't imagine having guardianship over an adult child who refused to do what I told him to do. Ay, the headache is coming just thinking about it. COM is right about how we over-value individual rights in this country. I don't see it as easy for most people to gain guardianship over their grown adult children or more would do it. There are a lot of parents out there who want to control their kids even as adults, regardless of whether or not they can do it themselves. We are country that thinks psychotic individuals have the right not to get psychiatric care and that we can't force twelve year olds, in some states, to take medication. Have your lawyer spell out exactly what your role would be. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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