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Elena Renderos: /* Are there other laws that promote adults’ rights to care for themselves? */

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Are there other laws that promote adults’ rights to care for themselves?

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	* [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-383/latest/rsbc-1996-c-383.html ''Public Guardian and Trustee Act'']		* [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-383/latest/rsbc-1996-c-383.html ''Public Guardian and Trustee Act'']

	These laws provide other ways, besides a committee order to help a person who is mentally incapable. [[~~Power~~ of Attorney and Representation Agreements ~~(Script 180)~~\|Our information about powers of attorney and representation agreements]] explains how you can plan while you are still mentally capable, and avoid committeeship.		These laws provide other ways, besides a committee order to help a person who is mentally incapable. [[Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements\|Our information about powers of attorney and representation agreements]] explains how you can plan while you are still mentally capable, and avoid committeeship.

	===What if the adult receives a pension from the federal government?===		===What if the adult receives a pension from the federal government?===

Elena Renderos at 04:12, 10 November 2020

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Drew Jackson: /* Get help */

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Get help

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	A committee is a last resort option when someone becomes mentally incapable. A committee can make decisions for someone else who can’t make decisions for themselves. Learn how '''committeeship''' works.		A committee is a last resort option when someone becomes mentally incapable. A committee can make decisions for someone else who can’t make decisions for themselves. Learn how '''committeeship''' works.

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	Appointing a committee is a serious legal step because it takes away a person's right to decide things for themselves. It is intended to be used as a last resort.		Appointing a committee is a serious legal step because it takes away a person's right to decide things for themselves. It is intended to be used as a last resort.

	Our information about [[~~Power~~ of Attorney and Representation Agreements (~~Script~~ 180)\|powers of attorney and representation agreements (no. 180)]] explains how you plan in advance, and avoid committeeship.		Our information about [[Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements (No. 180)\|powers of attorney and representation agreements (no. 180)]] explains how you plan in advance, and avoid committeeship.

	===A committee can only be appointed for someone who is mentally incapable===		===A committee can only be appointed for someone who is mentally incapable===
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	*''[http://canlii.ca/t/84b2 Public Guardian and Trustee Act]''		*''[http://canlii.ca/t/84b2 Public Guardian and Trustee Act]''

	These laws provide other ways, besides a committee order to help a person who is mentally incapable. Our information about [[~~Power~~ of Attorney and Representation Agreements (~~Script~~ 180)\|powers of attorney and representation agreements (no. 180)]] explains how you can plan while you are still mentally capable, and avoid committeeship.		These laws provide other ways, besides a committee order to help a person who is mentally incapable. Our information about [[Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements (No. 180)\|powers of attorney and representation agreements (no. 180)]] explains how you can plan while you are still mentally capable, and avoid committeeship.

	===What if the adult receives a pension from the federal government?===		===What if the adult receives a pension from the federal government?===
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Drew Jackson at 01:13, 22 March 2019

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	A committee is a last resort option when someone becomes mentally incapable. A committee can make decisions for someone else who can’t make decisions for themselves. Learn how committeeship works.		A committee is a last resort option when someone becomes mentally incapable. A committee can make decisions for someone else who can’t make decisions for themselves. Learn how '''committeeship''' works.

	==Understand the legal framework==		==Understand the legal framework==

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Drew Jackson: /* The role of the Public Guardian and Trustee */

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The role of the Public Guardian and Trustee

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	===The role of the Public Guardian and Trustee===		===The role of the Public Guardian and Trustee===
	The Public Guardian and Trustee is an entity independent of the BC government, with offices in Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna. One of its duties is to [http://www.trustee.bc.ca/Documents/STA/When_the_PGT_is_Committee.pdf be committee] when no other suitable person is willing to be committee. It charges fees, set by regulation, for this service. If you think a person needs a committee and you ~~cannot~~ do the job, or if ~~there is~~ a family conflict, you should contact the Public Guardian and Trustee.		The Public Guardian and Trustee is an entity independent of the BC government, with offices in Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna. One of its duties is to [http://www.trustee.bc.ca/Documents/STA/When_the_PGT_is_Committee.pdf be committee] when no other suitable person is willing to be committee. It charges fees, set by regulation, for this service.

			If you think a person needs a committee and you can’t do the job, or if there’s a family conflict, you should contact the Public Guardian and Trustee. When the Public Guardian and Trustee becomes committee, the court isn’t involved. This public body can automatically be appointed after a certificate of incapability is issued. This is a certificate issued by a provincial health authority after a medical and functional assessment finds that an adult is mentally incapable.

	The Public Guardian and Trustee also reviews all court applications to appoint a committee and makes recommendations to the court about the applications. The recommendations include whether a committee should post a security bond or have only limited access to the person’s assets.		The Public Guardian and Trustee also reviews all court applications to appoint a committee and makes recommendations to the court about the applications. The recommendations include whether a committee should post a security bond or have only limited access to the person’s assets.

Drew Jackson: /* A committee is appointed by the court */

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A committee is appointed by the court

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	==Understand the legal framework==		==Understand the legal framework==

	===A committee is appointed by the court===		===A committee is usually appointed by the court===
	Once an adult becomes mentally incapable, they usually aren’t in a position to make important decisions for themselves. A '''committee''' (pronounced caw-mi-tay, or caw-mi-tee, with emphasis on the end of the word) is a person appointed by the BC Supreme Court to make personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions for someone in BC who is mentally incapable. The court can appoint more than one person as committee.		Once an adult becomes mentally incapable, they usually aren’t in a position to make important decisions for themselves. A '''committee''' (pronounced caw-mi-tay, or caw-mi-tee, with emphasis on the end of the word) is a person or body usually appointed by the BC Supreme Court to make personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions for someone in BC who is mentally incapable. The court can appoint more than one person as committee.

	Appointing a committee is a serious legal step because it takes away a person's right to decide things for themselves. It is intended to be used as a last resort.		Appointing a committee is a serious legal step because it takes away a person's right to decide things for themselves. It is intended to be used as a last resort.