Court cannot appoint a DPOA or MPOA, what a court can do is have Mom declared incompetent and have a guardian appointed. ?This is generally not a quick process, although a temporary order can be done on an emergency basis. ?The court will want evidence, this is generally a report by a physician or a care agency with experience in dementia or testimony of incompetent behavior (report of the professionals generally has more weight than testimony of family members who often have an agenda which is slanted toward not allowing parent to spend the parent's money and depleting an expected inheritance). If no one has been appointed guardian, start the process and have a group of siblings nominate a guardian. ?Be warned when some siblings favor one guardian and other siblings favor another, courts often appoint a lawyer that is picked by the judge and LOTS AND LOTS of money will go towards legal fees.
Answered on May 02nd, 2014 at 6:53 PM