Conserverto0rship

If your daughter's stroke makes her unable to make medical or financial decisions, someone must become her guardian (called "conservator" in California).  In Texas an application is submitted together with a Physician's Certificate of Medical Examination.  The applicant takes a one hour online court, submits to a criminal background check, completes various information documents for the court and a bond application.  The court appoints an attorney to represent the person who needs to be protected by a guardian (your daughter).  That attorney visits with your daughter and has the right to examine all her financial and medical records.  That attorney files a report with the court.  There is a hearing at which the guardian is appointed.  After the oath and bond are filed, the guardian can act.  While this obviously won't occur within the next two weeks, you may be able to pay for her medical coverage directly in the interim.  Depending on her financial situation, you may also be able to apply for Medicaid.  No hospital or nursing home receiving Medicaid can kick someone out for nonpayment while their application is pending. If someone is unable to communicate their wishes and has neither an agent under a medical power of attorney or a guardian of their person, the Texas Health and Safety Code permits others to speak for them.  If your daughter is married, her spouse would have priority.  If she has available adult children, they would come next.  Her parents would come first. The amount spent applying is recoverable from the protected person's estate.  How much this would be varies with location, in part because court filing fees and the deposit for the court-appointed attorney vary by location.  Whatever county your daughter is in, you will need to be represented by an Approved Guardianship Attorney.  The county probate court and State Bar of Texas have lists.  Keep in mind that an attorney listed in one county probably practices in surrounding counties and, especially with internet hearings during the pandemic, may practice statewide.