UVT [2015] NSWCATGD 39

UVT [2015] NSWCATGD 39

Ms UVT has a serious mental illness and is unable to make important life decisions; due to differing views between the treating team and family, and insufficient family proposals for discharge and ongoing care, it is in her best interests to appoint the Public Guardian for accommodation and services and her brother Mr BLU for health care and medical and dental consents, for six months.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
04 June 2015
Procedural Posture
Guardianship and Financial Management Application / Final Determination With Adjournment for Financial Management
Outcome
Guardianship order made for six months; public guardian and private guardian appointed with defined functions; application for financial management order adjourned.
Legal Topics
['appointment of Guardian' 'decision Making Functions' 'mental Health' 'accommodation' 'health Care' 'medical and Dental Consent']
['guardianship'] ['appointment of Guardian' 'decision Making Functions' 'mental Health' 'accommodation' 'health Care' 'medical and Dental Consent']

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Procedural Posture

Guardianship and Financial Management Application / Final Determination With Adjournment for Financial Management

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether Ms UVT is a person for whom the Tribunal could make a guardianship order due to disability' 'What decision-making functions should be included in the guardianship order' 'Who should be appointed as guardian for Ms UVT' 'Duration of the guardianship order' 'Whether financial management order should be made']

Ratio Decidendi

Ms UVT has a serious mental illness and is unable to make important life decisions; due to differing views between the treating team and family, and insufficient family proposals for discharge and ongoing care, it is in her best interests to appoint the Public Guardian for accommodation and services and her brother Mr BLU for health care and medical and dental consents, for six months.

Court Disposition

Guardianship order made for six months; public guardian and private guardian appointed with defined functions; application for financial management order adjourned.

Orders

  • ["The Public Guardian is appointed as Ms UVT's guardian for six months for accommodation and services." "Mr BLU is appointed as Ms UVT's guardian for six months for health care and medical and dental consents." 'Application for financial management order adjourned for three months to a date to be fixed by the...