You would bring a Petition for Guardianship and Conservatorship for a Proposed Adult Ward and it would be filed in Gwinnett County Probate Court. ...

Your recourse is either the 1151 claim or the tort claim. If there is an award, you have to choose one or the other--not both. It gets...

You should call the Georgia Division of Aging Services and report the issue to them and to Adult Protective Services. Shame this is happening but...

Let me suggest that in the absence of a Last Will and Testament, you consider filing for Letters of Administration, and that a consult with a local...

If you signed the Petition for Temporary Guardianship yesterday, the Court wouldn't have had time to issue Letters yet. Go to the Court and file...

Laurel: Let me suggest you call the State Bar of GA and ask for a referral to an elder law attorney who understands SNTs--there are several of us...

They can ask for her financial info. They can ask for your's if you are guaranteeing payment for her.

If its rental property, a partitioning action will be appropriate to divide up any funds realized from selling the property.

Check with the bank and see if they will accept the Georgia equivalent of a small estate affidavit--often times, the financial institutions do so.

You might want to consider asking for a Characterization Of Discharge (COD) determination by VA, as well, if it was really just a single incident...