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{{REVIEWED LSLAP | date= June 28th, 2021}} | {{REVIEWED LSLAP | date= June 28th, 2021}} | ||
{{LSLAP Manual TOC|expanded = guardianship}} | {{LSLAP Manual TOC|expanded = guardianship}} | ||
In BC, | In BC, a person or the Public Guardian and Trustee (the “PGT”) may be appointed to manage the legal, financial and/or personal and health care decisions for another person. | ||
The | The ''Patients Property Act'' (''PPA'') allows a judge to appoint a committee (pronounced caw-mi-TEE, with an emphasis on the end of the word). A court appointed committee steps into the shoes of the adult and is authorized to make legal and financial decisions (committee of estate) and/or personal and health care decisions (committee of person) on behalf of an adult who has been declared incapable of making those decisions by the Court. | ||
Part 2.1 of the ''Adult Guardianship Act'' (''AGA'') contains a statutory process by which the PGT becomes statutory property guardian. As statutory property guardian, the PGT has the same authority as a committee of estate and will make legal and financial decisions on behalf of the adult. | |||
Adults may consult ''CLAS'' and the Public Guardian and Trustee for more information on committeeship. The Public Guardian and Trustee produces a number of helpful publications on committeeships. The resources can be found at http://www.trustee.bc.ca/reports-and-publications/Pages/default.aspx. It is also advisable to contact an Estate and Guardianship Litigation Lawyer, possibly through the Law Society’s Lawyer Referral Service (604-687-3221). | Adults may consult ''CLAS'' and the Public Guardian and Trustee for more information on committeeship. The Public Guardian and Trustee produces a number of helpful publications on committeeships. The resources can be found at http://www.trustee.bc.ca/reports-and-publications/Pages/default.aspx. It is also advisable to contact an Estate and Guardianship Litigation Lawyer, possibly through the Law Society’s Lawyer Referral Service (604-687-3221). |