Guardianship - without a lawyer...?

Question

I will make this short and simple.

I hate having a lawyer because I have to pay her so much for all the work she does. She is a legitimate bloodsucker. I think there is a way for me to get the guardianship over my husband much easier than having her know what's going on in my life.

Yes, my husband is fully incapacitated. I have been using a lawyer for the past decade to get a guardianship, but paying this leech is taking its toll on me. How am I, as a homemaker, supposed to get a guardianship over my husband - on my own - without having to hire this stupid bi*** (excuse my language)?

My husband is fully incapacitated and unable to care for himself; however, I provide him with those services by watching over him and tending to his physical and mental well-being. I massage him day in and day out, and basically all I do with whatever remaining time I have on this Earth, is care for my dear husband. I love him so much. But, and not a lot of people can understand this, I go through so much as a woman without a job and living on social security. My fingers are aching from changing and massaging him eight hours a day. My husband, although he cannot speak, is healthy – but my body is growing old and I am unable to tend to him for much longer.

Answer 1

You can go to the courthouse and file for legal guardianship yourself through the clerk's office. The judge will appoint a lawyer for your husband to determine if he needs one.. You do not have to have a lawyer, but it will help. Get a new lawyer. It should not take but a few weeks , not 10 years to get guardianship. Sounds like she needs to be replaced.

Answer 2

If you are in Canada you can download the forms from the Queen's Printer online or phone them and they will mail them. If you are in the US, I don't know.

Answer 3

You can learn to file the necessary legal paperwork yourself -- or hire someone to teach you how to do it yourself -- or hire someone (an attorney) who can do it for you.