The Fundamentals of Guardianship: What Every Guardian Should Know, Second Edition

Co-sponsored by the National Guardianship Association

Serving as guardian is never simple or easy. Having the responsibility to make major life decisions for another is much more difficult than making decisions for oneself. Recent studies by the National Center for State Courts estimate that between one to two million adults are under court-supervised guardianship. The Administrative Conference of the United States estimates that approximately 75 percent of guardians are family members or f...