I suggest you contact your local Mental Health agency. They may be able to help you with this, but keep in mind that the guardianship statute requires that the person be found incapable of making decisions. It is not just that they are making bad decisions. People are allowed to do harm to themselves, as long as they are capable of taking in information, processing it and able to choose from that information the path they wish to take. Under any circumstance, you are going to need a doctor to testify that your sister is incapacitated, and that may be the hardest part, unless she ends up being hospitalized or part of the criminal system. I wish you luck.
Answered on Apr 24th, 2012 at 1:03 PM