What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
BackgroundOur adult daughter is severly mentally ill. We adopted her from foster care when she was in primary school. She spent her teen years in a series of Residential Treatment Centers for children with severe mental illness and extreme violence issues. We visited frequently and did all we could to ensure she got the best available treatment. She was doing better for a while but is now back where she started with the delusional thinking, violent outbursts, etc.
We have standby guardianship for our younger children so that she cannot get custody of them if something happened to us. Our wills have been written to specifically limit what she will inherit with the remainder of our estate being split between the other children.
Our concern is other situations where a 'next of kin' assumes authority (medical decision if we are incapcitated, etc). Since she is our oldest, and only adult child at this time, it looks like she is the legal 'next of kin'. We are working on POAs to give our parents health and financial power if necessary.
QuestionWhile she was a minor child, there was no way we were going to walk away from her. Now that she is an adult, is there a way to terminate our legal relationship with her?
BackgroundOur adult daughter is severly mentally ill. We adopted her from foster care when she was in primary school. She spent her teen years in a series of Residential Treatment Centers for children with severe mental illness and extreme violence issues. We visited frequently and did all we could to ensure she got the best available treatment. She was doing better for a while but is now back where she started with the delusional thinking, violent outbursts, etc.
We have standby guardianship for our younger children so that she cannot get custody of them if something happened to us. Our wills have been written to specifically limit what she will inherit with the remainder of our estate being split between the other children.
Our concern is other situations where a 'next of kin' assumes authority (medical decision if we are incapcitated, etc). Since she is our oldest, and only adult child at this time, it looks like she is the legal 'next of kin'. We are working on POAs to give our parents health and financial power if necessary.
QuestionWhile she was a minor child, there was no way we were going to walk away from her. Now that she is an adult, is there a way to terminate our legal relationship with her?