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Commencement of Adult Guardianship

Gangneung Family Law Attorney | Daeryun Family Law Attorney Obtains a Decision to Commence Adult Guardianship for the Client

A Gangneung family law attorney assisted a client who came to a family law attorney seeking to become the adult guardian of his father. This case introduces how a Gangneung family law attorney obtained a decision to commence adult guardianship for the client.

CONTENTS
  • 1. The Client Who Came to a Gangneung Family Law Attorney
  • 2. A Gangneung Family Law Attorney Explains Adult Guardianship
    • - Adult Guardianship Adjudication Procedure Explained by a Gangneung Family Law Attorney
  • 3. Commencement of the Client's Adult Guardianship Assisted by a Gangneung Family Law Attorney
  • 4. The Court's Decision After Hearing the Gangneung Family Law Attorney

1. The Client Who Came to a Gangneung Family Law Attorney

This is the story of the client who came to a Gangneung family law attorney.

The client of the Gangneung family law attorney wished to become the adult guardian of his father, and the story the Gangneung family law attorney heard from the client was as follows.

The client's father had been hospitalized in a nursing home for about ten years due to a cerebral hemorrhage.

Recently, he had also been hospitalized and treated at a nursing hospital for conditions such as COVID-19 and high blood pressure. The client's mother had divorced his father, and the client, as the only child, had been caring for his father.

The client found himself in a situation where he had to care for his father, whose condition was gradually worsening.

The client's father is elderly and suffers from serious underlying conditions such as high blood pressure, dementia, and stroke, so that even his life is in critical danger.

At present, the client is caring for his father alone and is facing considerable hardship from the burden of hospitalization costs, treatment costs, nursing costs, and the like.

The client of the Gangneung family law attorney therefore wished to be recognized as his father's adult guardian, to manage his father's assets, and to use part of them for his father's hospitalization costs, treatment costs, nursing costs, and the like.

2. A Gangneung Family Law Attorney Explains Adult Guardianship

The client of the Gangneung family law attorney wished to become his father's adult 🔗guardian,

Adult guardianship is a system under which an adult who, due to a mental constraint arising from various causes such as illness, disability, or old age, lacks or is markedly diminished in the ability to handle affairs may receive protection and support in managing assets and in everyday life generally, through a guardian appointed by a decision of the family court.

Adult Guardianship Adjudication Procedure Explained by a Gangneung Family Law Attorney

For the client of the Gangneung family law attorney to become the adult guardian of his father, the following procedure had to be followed.

Petition for adjudication to commence adult guardianship > Adjudication by the family court > Commencement of adult guardianship

1. Petition for adjudication to commence adult guardianship

To become an adult guardian, one may submit the following documents to the family court and petition for adjudication to commence adult guardianship.

· Basic certificate and family relation certificate (the person concerned), one copy each

· Resident registration record (abstract/full) (the petitioner and the person concerned), one copy each

· Full certificate of guardianship registration matters (including cancelled and closed matters) / certificate of non-existence of guardianship registration matters (full) (the person concerned), one copy

· Materials proving the relationship between the petitioner and the prospective guardian and the person concerned (family relation certificate, removed family register copy, and the like)

· Medical certificate, one copy

· Statement of prior circumstances, one copy

· Opinion / consent of the family members of the person concerned (with a certificate of seal impression attached)

2. Adjudication by the family court

The family court issues the adjudication to commence adult guardianship.

If there is no material sufficient to assess the mental state of the person who is to become the adult ward, the court may have a physician conduct an evaluation.

3. Commencement of adult guardianship

When the family court commences adult guardianship, it notifies the parties and others of the content of the adjudication.

3. Commencement of the Client's Adult Guardianship Assisted by a Gangneung Family Law Attorney

As reviewed above, petitioning for adjudication to commence adult guardianship requires the preparation of a great many documents and takes considerable time.

Accordingly, the Gangneung family law attorney received delegation of full authority and assisted the client as follows.

The Gangneung family law attorney submitted a petition for adjudication containing the following purpose of the claim.

1. Adult guardianship shall be commenced with respect to the person concerned.

2. The client shall be appointed as the adult guardian of the person concerned.

In addition, the attorney explained all of the client's circumstances as the grounds for the claim, and organized and submitted all of the necessary documents together.

4. The Court's Decision After Hearing the Gangneung Family Law Attorney

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After hearing the Gangneung family law attorney, the court notified the following adjudication.

1. Adult guardianship shall be commenced with respect to the person concerned.

2. The petitioner shall be appointed as the adult guardian of the person concerned.

With the assistance of the Gangneung family law attorney, the client became able to protect his father better in every respect within the bounds of the law.

🔗Gangneung Attorney Daeryun, which has attorneys, assigns an attorney with extensive experience handling similar cases when you entrust family law matters, including a petition for adjudication to commence adult guardianship.

If needed, please feel free at any time to visit a Daeryun main or branch office anywhere in the country and seek assistance.

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