The typical moment the average person thinks about guardianship is when it is in the news, such as with Brittany Spears or some other person the media chooses to report. Unfortunately, that can give the impression it isn’t an average person’s issue. Guardianship is a legal proceeding people rarely understand fully and barely think about until it hits home.
The reality is that every one of us is at risk of becoming a ward of the state – under order and control of the court system. Let’s take a look at how that might happen.
