Elder Law Chapter 4 Guardian and |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Conservatorship exam with correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answers
GUARDIANSHIP - correct answer✔✔A legal management tool put in place by state law to |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
protect and aid individuals who have different abilities to care for themselves.
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GUARDIAN - correct answer✔✔A person appointed by a court to make personal and financial
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decisions for someone adjudged incompetent.
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CONSERVATORSHIP - correct answer✔✔A voluntary undertaking that requires the appointed |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
conservator to have the continuing permission of the conservatee.
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CONSERVATEE - correct answer✔✔A person who the court has determined requires a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
conservator to handle personal and financial decisions. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
CONSERVATOR - correct answer✔✔The individual who handles the personal and financial |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
decisions for another person with the continuing permission of that person.
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WARD - correct answer✔✔A person who is legally incompetent and becomes the
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responsibility of a guardian. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
DECISIONAL INCAPACITY - correct answer✔✔A term that some states use rather than
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incompetence.
Parens Patriae - correct answer✔✔An ancient Roman concept meaning that society as a whole
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should protect citizens who cannot protect themselves.
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Conservatorship exam with correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answers
GUARDIANSHIP - correct answer✔✔A legal management tool put in place by state law to |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
protect and aid individuals who have different abilities to care for themselves.
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GUARDIAN - correct answer✔✔A person appointed by a court to make personal and financial
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decisions for someone adjudged incompetent.
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CONSERVATORSHIP - correct answer✔✔A voluntary undertaking that requires the appointed |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
conservator to have the continuing permission of the conservatee.
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CONSERVATEE - correct answer✔✔A person who the court has determined requires a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
conservator to handle personal and financial decisions. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
CONSERVATOR - correct answer✔✔The individual who handles the personal and financial |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
decisions for another person with the continuing permission of that person.
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WARD - correct answer✔✔A person who is legally incompetent and becomes the
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responsibility of a guardian. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
DECISIONAL INCAPACITY - correct answer✔✔A term that some states use rather than
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incompetence.
Parens Patriae - correct answer✔✔An ancient Roman concept meaning that society as a whole
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should protect citizens who cannot protect themselves.
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