You bring up an interesting point. I’m curious as it’s never been mentioned, at least not here, what happed when Jess turned 18 and an official adult, did Val apply for guardianship? As many of you who also follow Fathering Autism know, Abbie is now 18 and they are going through the process which is commented on often on their tattle site. Didn’t jess get a court advocate like it seems that Abbie has? If Val is the guardian, why wasn’t a co-guardian named? what happens if something happens to Val? Then who makes the decisions on Jess? She can’t make them on her own. I have a sister who’s a year younger and cannot make sound decisions on her own and my eldest sister (there’s 5 of us) oversees her care as well as oversees our deceased parents estate.
@WallFly, is your husband or other children co-guardian of your daughter? Just curious.
So many legalities have changed over the years, concerning guardianship mental health, power of attorney etc...and I'm sure the bylaws vary from State to State...
I'm in Canada..so I'm not sure how it works in The U.S.
My husband and I have joint guardianship...our daughter was deemed mentally incapable of having powers of attorney. The Supreme court found us fit and granted us her power of attorney .
We have investments in place for her future as well as her adult facility for autistic adults ( she volunteers there 3 days a week and sleeps over two weekends a month and has been for 2 years now)
We have two other family members who will share guardianship of her finances and medical along with an attorney after my husband and I are no longer capable or deceased)
Life insurance is very expensive that we pay into to ensure our daughters taken care of in her future years...plus we have rental income that she will be entitled to...etc..
Our daughter will live at the adult facility with her peers supervised and my other children will visit, ensure her financial and medical needs are met with money we have provided, But they won't be responsible to physically house her.
We are always working on the furture...it's the scariest part knowing we won't always be here for her. So we make sure the best we can that everything is taken care of as well as making sure our other children are not overwhelmed with burden.