KND [2015] NSWCATGD 64

KND is a person in need of a guardian due to physical impairments restricting her ability to make lifestyle decisions and manage her person; urgent decisions about accommodation, services, health care, and medical and dental treatment are needed and no private guardian is available; the Public Guardian is appointed for three months to make such decisions.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 08 October 2015
Procedural Posture: Guardianship Application / Final Determination
Outcome: Guardianship order issued
Legal Topics: ['appointment of Guardian' 'disability' 'accommodation and Care' 'procedural Fairness']

['guardianship'] ['appointment of Guardian' 'disability' 'accommodation and Care' 'procedural Fairness']

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Procedural Posture

Guardianship Application / Final Determination

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether KND is a person in need of a guardian due to disability and incapacity to make important life decisions' "Whether urgent decisions must be made regarding KND's accommodation, services, health care, medical and dental treatment" 'Who should be appointed guardian' 'How long the guardianship order should last']

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Guardianship order issued

Orders

["The Public Guardian is appointed as KND's guardian for three months to make decisions about her accommodation, services, health care, and medical and dental treatment." 'Order to be reviewed in three months.']