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Pa Guardianship is a legal situation granted by the court to appoint an individual to assist and protect the legal rights of someone who is physically or mentally unable to care for his or her own needs.

Once appointed, the guardian is legally bound to act in the individual’s best interests. Guardians can be given specific authorities, such as the authority to handle the financial and legal affairs of the individual, or they may be granted larger authority, depending on the needs of the individual.

Setting up a legal guardianship can sometimes get complex, especially if other family members are not in agreement as to who the guardian should be.

That is why the assistance of a Pennsylvania guardianship attorney is so valuable. I have been serving the people of Pennsylvania for over 20 years, and brings compassion and knowledge to the guardianship process.

Complex Considerations

In a guardianship case, the interests of many parties need to be considered.

First and foremost are the interests of the individual who needs guardianship.

The guardian needs to be someone who will protect the interests and safety of the individual who needs help.

When working on guardianship cases, I ensure that everyone’s best interests, including the individual who needs help the most, are protected and considered.

Yet that’s just one aspect of a guardianship case. Sometimes the children or loved ones of the individual are not in agreement about who should be the guardian. In other cases, the individual who needs support may not be willing to accept it, and the case may need to go to court to prove that guardianship is required. Handling these cases requires skill and understanding, and that is exactly what Attorney Whalen offers.

Compassionate Legal Care

The guardianship process can be filled with emotions.

Realizing that a loved one is no longer capable of caring for his or her self can be difficult to accept. That’s why you need an attorney who offers legal services with compassion.

For the past three decades, I have built a reputation for providing compassionate legal care for his clients, putting their needs and interests first while navigating emotionally trying circumstances.

If you or someone you love needs the help of a legal guardian, I am ready to help.

Schedule a free initial consultation to discuss your concerns and questions, and get started on the guardianship process.

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Media Pa Living Wills

Pa Living Wills

An Advance Directive for Health Care (“Pa Living Will”) can grant your boss (Surrogate) the ability to execute your end of life decisions and decide whether life-sustaining measures should be used.

With respect to additional traits that your boss should possess (in addition to being able and willing), I have found that your boss (Agent) should also be levelheaded and familiar with your affairs.

The common misconception of this document is when it will become operative.

There are two triggers that must occur before your Surrogate is even given the option of acting:

the first is that you must be unable to communicate your own decisions, and

the second is that you must have been diagnosed with a terminal condition or as being permanently unconscious.

Media Pa Powers of Attorney

Pa Powers of Attorney

A Power of Attorney can grant your boss (Agent) the ability to control all of your affairs.

It is a very powerful document; it can permit your Agent the broadest of powers to do anything which you could have done (i.e., give all your money away), but yet, inherent in these broad powers, is the reality that you Agent may actually do anything which you could have done (i.e., give all your money away).

A Power of Attorney can be durable (effective after you are incapacitated), current (effective now), or springing (effective upon the happening of a future event (i.e., the decision by your treating physician that you can no longer act for yourself).

A common misconception is that a Power of Attorney eliminates your ability to act for yourself.

Quite to the contrary, and until you are deemed incapacitated, a Power of Attorney should properly be viewed as a shared authority – you still retain all of the powers and decision making ability that you possessed before you executed the Power of Attorney.

John B. Whalen, Jr., JD., LL.M., is an AV Peer Review Rated Preeminent 5.0 and Avvo Rated 10.0 Superb (obtaining over 95 client reviews and peer endorsements) premier and prestigious Attorney and Counselor at Law.

Pa Last Wills

A Will can grant your boss (Executor) the ability to administer your Estate.

With respect to additional traits that your boss should possess (in addition to being able and willing), I have found that your boss (Surrogate) should also be stoic and stro

The most common misconception that surrounds a Will is the process called probate and the seemingly universal theme that it should be avoided at all costs.

Again, and virtually to the contrary, the word probate is merely the Latin infinitive verb that means to prove, and, although some states do have onerous probate procedures (where the avoidance of probate may be a prudent strategy), Pennsylvania is not one of those states.

In fact, probating a Will in Pennsylvania is very simple.

Also very important is the fact that a Will only disposes of the assets (1) that you own in your individual name alone and (2) that possess no beneficiary designations (i.e., no tags).

Consequently, items owned jointly with another are controlled by property law (not Will law) and will pass to the joint owner(s) at your death, and items that have beneficiary designations will be controlled by contract law (not Will law) and pass to the designated beneficiaries at your death.

Serving Media Pa Probate

Serving Media Pa Probate – Bio

John B Whalen Jr Esq
Born July 14, 1962
West Chester Pa Probate Lawyers

John B Whalen Jr Esq

He has amassed over 60 prestigious professional awards and over 5000 client reviews and endorsements.

Mr. Whalen concenntrates his three decade career in the legal areas of Pa Probate, Pa Last Wills, Pa Estates, and Pa Estate Settlement.

Mr. Whalen provides brief free initial consults all seven days, requires a one hour ($450.00) consult fee paid in advance for client meetings, and provides home visits and flat fees.

He is located at 1199 Heyward Road Wayne Pa 19087. Mr. Whalen serves all surrounding counties, all days, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM, and on evenings, weekends, and holidays.

He can be reached by email at jw60297@me.com, and by telephone at 1-610-407-0220.