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Is hoarding- severe squaller living conditions- grounds for mental incapacity?
Asked on Jun 16th, 2021 on Guardianship and Conservatorship - Michigan
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Recently discovered family member in hoarder squaller living conditions-unhealthy, dangerous. Refuses help. Thinks the way he is living is fine.
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It may or may not be evidence of a lack of legal capacity and a need for a guardian. Guardianship turns on the inability, due to a mental or physical condition, to manage one's own finances or to provide for one's own food, shelter and medical care. Take pictures. Call Adult Protective Services.
Answered on Jun 17th, 2021 at 5:17 AM
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