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Can A Guardian Be Given The Authority To Pay The Bills For An Incapacitated Person?

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Can A Guardian Be Given The Authority To Pay The Bills For An Incapacitated Person?

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This is the most common reason that guardianship proceedings are brought. Too frequently, an elderly person living in the community becomes forgetful or suffers from some mental incapacity, whatever the cause, and fails to pay essential bills such as utilities or real property taxes. The result can be devastating and even life-threatening. A court-appointed guardian can remedy this situation by obtaining the authority to collect assets, pay bills, make investments or exercise any financial right that the incapacitated person would be able to exercise if that incapacitated person had the capacity to do so.

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