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Hoppy

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4. Call the county Bar Association. Ask for referrals for Estates and Trust attorneys.

Reply to DebJ (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 08:32 PM

Feb 2016

You will get three references. Interviews will be either free or for a small fee, around $25 - 50. (Ask before you set an interview appointment.

There will be lawyer and court costs to have a relative appointed to administer affairs but it should not be complicated.

Good Luck,

H

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Does anyone know if a single adult becomes mentally incompetent without a Power of Attorney, [View all] DebJ Feb 2016 OP

There's no reason you can't pay her bills nichomachus Feb 2016 #1

Call the court. The court will appoint someone if she is unable to. Probably the sis. bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #2

Anyone can pay bills, but not with the hospitalized sisters money. They are free to use their own LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #3

You are only free to use money that you have, and we are all flat broke. DebJ Feb 2016 #6

Call the county Bar Association. Ask for referrals for Estates and Trust attorneys. Hoppy Feb 2016 #4

Thank you everyone. I think the answer is to apply for guardianship. DebJ Feb 2016 #5