[tri-med] Re: back to school

In a message dated 08/22/2005 5:26:23 PM, BHASSANJR@xxxxxxx writes:

<< Is conservatorship the same as guardianship?  We went through that 
process back when Jo turned 18. Boni, I and daughter Mary are all Jo's legal 
guardians, with his sister as standby. >>

Yes it is. In California, you either have to do the paperwork on your own 
with some help from Regional Center or hire an attorney to do the main work. A 
friend of mine did paperwork on her own and said if she ever had to do it over 
again, she would hire an attorney. So when I did Ali's, I hired the attorney 
and got it done with not too much trouble. Then I went ahead to do Dom's...Part 
of the process is a court appointed attorney for the conservatee. So when said 
attorney came to visit Dom, she asked him if he really wanted to be conserved 
and he said, "No." I had already paid the $800 retainer, but I was not about 
to go to trial to fight him on it. Attorney was busy asking court for money 
for all kinds of evaluations and my attorney just stood and asked for a 
continuance and we were given one. My attorney tried to talk to Dom's attorney 
about 
the reasons Dom should have at least partial conservatorship and she would not 
even discuss it so we just dropped the petition. So he is out in the world, 
totally responsible on his own for his own decisions. He has a couple of 
companies after him for money they will never get, one is a cell phone company 
that 
was willing to make a contract with him for a cell phone he wanted because it 
had games on it and another was a credit card company that has managed to take 
a card that had a $300 limit on it up to $900 with extra charges. They will 
never see those bills paid but the good thing about it is no one else will ever 
give him credit. He is really a good kid, but he just doesn't get the fine 
points of being a fully responsible adult. He has decided that it is good for 
me 
to go with him to doctor appointments and he does believe that I have only his 
best interest in mind. For now that is better than nothing and I would not 
consider being his conservator unless he initiated it and I don't think he 
will. 
He is not working right now. He lost the job at the Y, mostly because he just 
lost interest in it and although he tried a workshop, he hated it and just 
quit going. He has applied for jobs, but no one has hired him and there are a 
couple of agencies that will help with job placement, but he really doesn't 
like 
anyone telling him what to do. It will be interesting to see what happens. 

Nan-mom to Dom, 21, tri 18 mosaic and bipolar; and Ali, 21, autism, TS, ADHD
                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
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