Common problem
Does your resident/family member suffer from Alzheimer's disease? Suffering from other mental problems? And incapable of managing or dealing with its property and affairs? Failed to pay hospital fees?causing financial burden to his family? Has its property and title been misappropriated or damaged? Regarding mentally incapacitated persons, despite owning some property, we often encounter the following problems:
1. Because their property or property has been frozen, or because the mentally ill person is incapable of managing their savings or property, their family members often need to maintain the patient’s life and have to pay for long-term expenses; Pay back what the family spent on him.
2. Appropriate arrangements must be made from the property of the mentally ill person to maintain the living of the ill person or his family, or to pay the arrears of hospital fees.
Solution
Under the Mental Health (Amendment) Ordinance, Chapter 136, the Court of First Instance of the High Court may make appropriate arrangements for the mentally incapacitated person's property and matters according to the needs of the mentally incapacitated person; Sell property; or make allocations in their account; or allocate funds from their property to pay for their living needs, or to make up for the maintenance or care of sick patients or their families. Generally speaking, if the court thinks fit, the applicant is required to appoint a [real estate trustee] to manage the property of the mentally incapacitated person for his subsistence or other needs.[Industry trustee] can be appointed by the applicant and/or the family members of the mentally incapacitated person.
Who can apply
Any relative of a mentally incapacitated person can apply. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, including their spouse, children or their spouses, parents, siblings, grandchildren or grandchildren, uncles, uncles, uncles, aunts, aunts, nieces or nephews, cousins or anypeople who lived with them.
Time required to apply
As each case is different, the time and cost will vary. However, in general smooth cases, the required time can be completed in about two to three months after the documents are adequately prepared (such as proof of all assets and family details and medical certificates, etc.).
Cost
Every application case must inevitably involve the issue of fees. However, if you control these aspects properly, you can save more time and money. In this regard, an experienced lawyer can help you and can assist the applicant in recovering the expenses paid in relation to the mentally incapacitated person's property.
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