From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #2179 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, May 4 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 2179 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Court hearing today? ["mep chorus.net" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 20:00:18 -0500 From: "mep chorus.net" Subject: RE: Court hearing today? Lori wrote: "Sounds similar to the medical care/end of life choices portion of the family trust that my former spouse and I established and filed when we were married. We each designated people who would make decisions about our health care (when to turn off the machines, when to not resuscitate) should one or the other of us also be incapacitated. It's a pretty routine thing to do, especially for someone who has been in a hospital for nearly five weeks." The end result is much the same: someone makes decisions the patient is unable to make, and consults with health care providers. Still, I'd hardly call a conservatorship/guardianship a "routine" proceeding. A court must be involved, and conservatorship is only awarded when decisions need to be made on behalf of someone who is already incapacitated. I saw that Joni had an attorney appointed by the court to represent her best interests at the hearing (she'd be called a Guardian ad Litem in my jurisdiction). That attorney agreed that the conservatorship was "necessary." I also saw that Leslie Morris was awarded *temporary* conservatorship of Joni's person. To me, that means that the hearing previously scheduled for July 8 may still take place if it is needed. My guess is that this hearing took place now because Joni is about to be moved or undergo a similar change in her care, which will require a decision-maker. Now, I'll come down from the rarefied legal air to a much more vulnerable place. This sounds incredibly serious. But now, Joni will go forward, perhaps leaving the hospital in several days, according to some reports. And she will have a long-time friend with her to help her through this, for which I am most grateful My thoughts and prayers go with them both, and to all who know and care for Joni. Mary. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #2179 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------