Category: Guardianship

Deed of Enduring Guardianship put to test

29-November-2010 Guardianship By Mark Streeter

Does a Deed of Enduring Guardianship allow a hospital to stop medical treatment even if it is keeping a patient alive? The case of Hunter and New England Area Health Service v A [2009] NSWSC 761 in 2009  raised this very important question. A Deed of...

Protecting the elderly from financial exploitation

Guardianship By Mark Streeter

Grandmother's bank accounts being raided “I am concerned my grandmother is being taken advantage of!  My cousin has moved into her house and is accessing her bank accounts what can I do?”   Comment from Mark Streeter - Sydney Family Law...