When an individual can't make informed general care and control decisions for themselves, a guardianship may be established in the Oakland County Probate Court.

Call Southfield, Michigan guardianship attorney, Dean E. Patrick so that we can help you:

• Defend your current position as guardian of an incapacitated adult or minor child in the Southfield area
• Establish guardianship for minors and incapacitated adults
• Terminate existing guardianship for incapacitated adults or minor children
• Modify existing guardianship for incapacitated adults or minor children
• Contest and Object to pending guardianship petitions for incapacitated adults or minor children in the Southfield area
• Prepare and file annual court ordered guardianship reports for incapacitated adults or minor children in the Southfield area
• Nominate guardian(s) for you or your children in the Southfield area

Contested guardianship matters are emotional and the rules can be complex. If you have a guardianship matter that requires experienced and aggressive, counsel, call our Southfield guardianship Attorney today at (248) 663-2566.

In part, MCL 700.5314 reads:

Whenever meaningful communication is possible, a legally incapacitated individual's guardian shall consult with the legally incapacitated individual before making a major decision affecting the legally incapacitated individual. Except as limited under section 5306, a legally incapacitated individual's guardian is responsible for the ward's care, custody, and control, but is not liable to third persons by reason of that responsibility for the ward's acts. In particular and without qualifying the previous sentences, a guardian has all of the following powers and duties, except as modified by court order:

(a) To the extent that it is consistent with the terms of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction relating to the ward's detention or commitment, the guardian is entitled to custody of the person of the guardian's ward and may establish the ward's place of residence within or without this state. A ward's guardian shall visit the ward within 3 months after the guardian's appointment and not less than once within 3 months after each previous visit. The guardian must notify the court within 14 days of a change in the ward's place of residence.