guardianship
Americannoun
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the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
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care; responsibility; charge.
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In addition to these five documents, Steele recommends one more if your state allows it: a standby guardianship form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
For 13 years until 2021, Spears was in a conservatorship – a legal guardianship that saw her finances and personal life controlled by her father.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
If your aunt’s attorney succeeds in his guardianship petition, it will make this process all the more challenging.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
“Congress and veterans deserve immediate answers before VA and DOJ take any further action. Legal guardianship should be the last resort for veterans,” Blumenthal said in a statement to Salon.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
My sister, who is more than ten years my junior, was left to the guardianship of my mother’s nephew, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and myself.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Each state has its own rules for guardianships and conservatorships.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
While Fairweather thinks that legal guardianships and conservatorships can be necessary, she emphasized that they would only be acceptable in “extremely severe cases with really good oversight.”
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Civil liberties advocates have long warned that guardianships can expand far beyond their original intent.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2026
The VA said the guardianships might be needed for “hundreds of veterans who are unable to make their own healthcare decisions and have no family or legal representation to help them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The four first-mentioned guardianships occupied Mr. Hope till nearly the end of his life.
From Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 by Ornsby, Robert
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