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Illinois: Father over 75 not able to care for self at home.
Altered mental states. How difficult to become conservator and/or obtain POA? Also is this a costly process?
 


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AprilFirst said:
Illinois: Father over 75 not able to care for self at home.
Altered mental states. How difficult to become conservator and/or obtain POA? Also is this a costly process?
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My response:

You can forget about a Power of Attorney. If he has "altered mental states", then he is not of sound mind to sign a POA.

Your only alternative is to file a Petition in the Family Law or Probate court for conservatorship. The court will order a psyche evaluation of him and an investigation of you. Depending on the results of both, may order that a conservatorship is in his best interests, naming you as his conservator.

Get an attorney to help guide you through these rough waters.

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