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Elder Law Chapter 4 Guardian and Conservatorship Questions
and Answers with Complete Solutions
GUARDIANSHIP - ANSWER A legal management tool put in
place by state law to protect and aid individuals who have
different abilities to care for themselves.
GUARDIAN - ANSWER A person appointed by a court to make
personal and financial decisions for someone adjudged
incompetent.
CONSERVATORSHIP - ANSWER A voluntary undertaking that
requires the appointed conservator to have the continuing
permission of the conservatee.
CONSERVATEE - ANSWER A person who the court has
determined requires a conservator to handle personal and
financial decisions.
CONSERVATOR - ANSWER The individual who handles the
personal and financial decisions for another person with the
continuing permission of that person.
Elder Law Chapter 4 Guardian and Conservatorship Questions
and Answers with Complete Solutions
GUARDIANSHIP - ANSWER A legal management tool put in
place by state law to protect and aid individuals who have
different abilities to care for themselves.
GUARDIAN - ANSWER A person appointed by a court to make
personal and financial decisions for someone adjudged
incompetent.
CONSERVATORSHIP - ANSWER A voluntary undertaking that
requires the appointed conservator to have the continuing
permission of the conservatee.
CONSERVATEE - ANSWER A person who the court has
determined requires a conservator to handle personal and
financial decisions.
CONSERVATOR - ANSWER The individual who handles the
personal and financial decisions for another person with the
continuing permission of that person.