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[quote=Anonymous]"how to prove beyond a doubt that the parent is wholly incapable of managing their life and financial affairs."

This is what I'm told my sibling and I need to do to get a guardianship or conservatorship for our Dad.  Has anyone been successful in doing so?

Backstory we lost our Mom two years ago and as she declined she wanted to be home, however home was a house with mold and reeking of pet urine and feces, think the WORST possible scenario.  Why the nurse that would come by once or twice a week didn't sound some alarm I'll never know....our parents have never been forthcoming regarding finances, etc. nor were they willing to have a conversation or even consider power of attorney during Mom's illness, nor would they move in with my brother or I which we offered incessantly. Present day our Dad is 80 and slipping cognitively but lucid enough to refuse any help that we can offer, thus we cannot get power of attorney to make decisions on his behalf either.  We DO NOT want to lose another parent this way but feel hopeless at this point.

We just want our Dad to live out the rest of his life in better conditions than he is now and possibly get our developmentally delayed younger brother (yes, also in the home) some assistance as well.[/quote]

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