What are the types of guardianships?
Guardianship provides the guardian with decision-making authority and responsibility over the protected person’s personal affairs. Limited guardianship gives the guardian decision-making authority and responsibility over only selected areas that the protected person has been determined unable to manage by him/herself; for example, a limited guardianship may only apply to health care decisions. The court may appoint a temporary guardianship for a person for a 90-day period if it is felt that such an appointment is in the person’s best interest. Finally, the court may appoint joint guardianship, which is more than one person acting as a protected person’s guardian at the same time and sharing in the decision-making authority and responsibilities that accompany guardianship.
