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What age is a person legally responsible for hospital bills?

Generally eighteen. It may be different if you are emancipated or incompetent.


How can you find out if a parent was secretly declared incompetent in Florida by current spouse?

A person can only be declared legally incompetent by court ruling. There would be a record of this action on file at the courthouse.


Can an incompetent person file bankruptcy?

Presuming you mean mentally incompetent...which would need to be determined legally...that prson would then have whoever was appointed t administer their affairs file for them on their behalf.


Can a person be judged incompetent and not have a guardian?

It is POSSIBLE, but highly unlikely. Adult persons who have been judged legally 'incompetent' to handle their own affairs, must have someone named as either their Guardian or their Conservator.


What if a person is under psychiatric care when you sign a legal document?

The signer's legal capacity may be questioned by being under psychiatric care does not necessarily mean a person is legally incompetent. It depends on the situation and circumstances. If that person is under a legal guardianship they cannot sign a legal document.The signer's legal capacity may be questioned by being under psychiatric care does not necessarily mean a person is legally incompetent. It depends on the situation and circumstances. If that person is under a legal guardianship they cannot sign a legal document.The signer's legal capacity may be questioned by being under psychiatric care does not necessarily mean a person is legally incompetent. It depends on the situation and circumstances. If that person is under a legal guardianship they cannot sign a legal document.The signer's legal capacity may be questioned by being under psychiatric care does not necessarily mean a person is legally incompetent. It depends on the situation and circumstances. If that person is under a legal guardianship they cannot sign a legal document.


Can a person with epilepsy move out if of parents house without consent if they are over 18?

If the individual is legally emancipated, has not been declared legally or medically incompetent, and is not (because of his ailment) under the guardianshoip of his parents, yes.


How does a mentally incompetent person prepare a Last Will and Testament?

If a person is mentally incompetent, then they can't unless they have a lawyer to help them


Can a conservator change a will?

A conservator or guardian appointed for person who is legally incapacitated ot incompetent may not change that person's will. State laws govern the extent to which a fiduciary's authority extends but no state permits one person to make a will for another.


Can Parkinson's Disease declare you incompetent?

Only a physician or other professional can declare a person to be incompetent.


What is a guardian?

1. One that guards, watches over, or protects2. Law. One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or a minor.3. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.


Is a cosigner still responsible for the car loan if they are declared incompetent?

The laws which define incompetency vary greatly from state-to-state. However, the competency issue would only be applicable if the person was proved to have been incapable of understanding the agreement when it was initially made. If the person was judged incompetent after the agreement, the contract in most cases will be deemed legally binding.


Can a person with a mental disablility be protected from bankruptcy if they did not knowingly enter into a debt?

The issue is very subjective in the regards of proving the person in question was legally incompetent at the time of the transaction. A person found to be incompetent by the court will have a guardian ad litem appointed if there is no one to accept adult guardianship. Any following procedures concerning the person will be carried out by that legal guardian. That person will have the power to file a BK or whatever actions become needed, with the consent of the court.