August 26, 2022
Senator George Borrello is weighing in on the family problems created by guardianship laws. “Guardianships can protect vulnerable seniors and incapacitated adults and children. But just as a guardianship can be used as a shield to protect the vulnerable, and it can also be used as a weapon by feuding family members to punish their rivals,” Borrello stated. “People deemed ‘incapacitated’ by a judge can have their homes sold and estates drained with complete disregard to whatever end-of-life decisions they made. We have cases where adult children are being barred from seeing their sick and dying parents by a guardian. Anyone who has sat vigil by the bedside or held the hand of a sick or dying loved one knows that is fundamentally wrong.”
