Child with disabillity reaching age of maturity, what is best way for parents to maintain handling IEP educational needs?

Generally, a student’s educational rights and needs can be protected without resorting to a guardianship. The Individuals with Disabilities...

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My son will be 18 in about a month, he is intellectually disabled and I know I have to get guardianship of him.

Generally, the most efficient way to get a guardianship is to hire a lawyer to take care of it for you. The State Bar New Mexico provides...

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Generally, assessments about a student’s educational needs should be done by educators, therapists, doctors, or other professionals with training...

My husband and I would like guardianship of our disabled aduldt child. Do we fill the form putting both names for petitioner?

Generally, only one person needs to file the petition for the appointment of a guardian. The petitioner can request that anyone be appointed as...

Generally, when a student with a disability reaches the age of majority, 18 in most states, all of the rights that the Individuals with...

Can an educational surrogate be appointed for an 18 year old high school student who is revoking IEP and special education?

Typically, if the district has reason to believe that an adult student is not competent to make his own education decisions, it can appoint an...

What kind of attorney would I need to look for?

The type of attorney you need depends in great part on the type of remedy you are hoping to obtain. If you want to get your son’s education...

Generally, school district personnel are not supposed to disclose personally identifiable information about students without consent from the...

I have to go to a expulsion school board hearing in ca.

Your son has very particular procedural rights as a student with a disability and in special education. Before a district can expel a student with...

Ingormation about Divorce and child custody: Regarding orange county school distric enrollment.

Generally a student has the right to attend school in the school district where the student resides. If your son is living in Orange County,...