PUBLICATIONS (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - download a free copy)

The Process for Establishing Guardianship of an Adult (flowchart)
Current as of October 5, 2007

Guardian of the Person: Duties & Powers

Current as of December 22, 2006

Current as of December 22, 2006

Guardian of the Person: Access to the Ward's Health Care and Treatment Records
Current as of October 5, 2007

Guardian of the Person: Can a Guardian Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment?
This publication is not effected by Wisconsin's new guardianship law

Guardian of the Person: The Authority to Admit to Nursing Homes, CBRFs, RCACs and Hospice
Current as of November 20, 2006

Guardian of the Estate: Duties & Powers

Current as of December 22, 2006

Guardian of the Estate: A Checklist to Get Started
Current as of June 28, 2007

Guardian of the Estate:  How to Complete an Inventory
Current as of June 28, 2007

Guardian of the Estate:  How to Complete an Account
Current as of June 28, 2007

Guardian of the Person and Estate: Medicare Part D

 
Guardian of the Person and Estate:  Tips for Dealing With

Guardianship:  The Need to Collaborate with Federal Representative Payee Programs 

The Rights of a Proposed Ward in a Guardianship Case
Current as of July 31, 2007

How to Ask the Court to Change or End a Guardianship
Current as of September 4, 2007

Terri Schiavo Case:  Can it Happen in Wisconsin?

 

 

 

 

American Bar Association - information about laws of other states

National Guardianship Association

State of Wisconsin -  information about guardianship

State of Wisconsin - booklet on guardianship entitled "Guardianship of Adults: A Decision-Making Guide for Family Members, Friends and Advocates"  published Fall 1997; reprinted Winter 2000

State of Wisconsin - mandatory court forms. 

State of Wisconsin - information on "corporate guardians"

Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities - publication on guardianship issues parents of children with disabilities should consider as their children transition to adulthood

Wisconsin State Law Library - links to legal resources