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One way of planning for your own future is to appoint an Enduring Guardian.
An Enduring Guardian can make personal decisions on your behalf, such as where you should live, medical treatment you should receive, and services you should receive.
An Enduring Guardian ensures that you have someone close to you making health and lifestyle decisions when you no longer have the capacity.
You can appoint more than one Guardian and those Guardians can act jointly or severally.
Your Guardian can have as many powers as you appoint them so you can feel at ease to know that they can only act in your best interests.
The NSW legislation governing Enduring Guardianship is the Guardianship Act 1987 which gives powers to the Guardianship Tribunal and they power to appoint a guardian if it is found necessary and that person may not be your first choice.
Other states and territories of Australia have their own legislation governing Enduring Guardianship.
An Enduring Guardian appointed in NSW can only make decisions when the person under the guardianship is in NSW.
If you are planning to be in another state or move around, you should consider appointing an Enduring Guardian in each of those states/territories.
NSW recognises Enduring Guardians or their equivalents appointed in the other states and territories of Australia.
Lawlers Solicitors and Conveyancers offer fixed price Enduring Guardianships. We also offer a "package deal" when you instruct us to draft a Will, Power of Attorney and Enduring Guardian.
Please contact us for more information or to arrange a consultation with an experienced solicitor.
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