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Surrogate decision makers are considered in a hierarchy: legal guardians with health care authority, individual with power of attorney for health decisions, spouse, adult children, parents, and adult siblings. [6] A third situation is one in which the medical staff deems that CPR will be of no clinical benefit to the patient. [7]
If the court determines an individual is incapacitated, the court then determines whether a guardian is necessary, the extent of the guardian's legal authority, (e.g. a guardian may be needed for the person's finances but not for the person) and, if so, who the guardian should be. [5]
In the event that a surrogate decision maker has not been identified through either a medical power of attorney or a court-appointed legal guardian, such an agent is selected by medical personnel. A patient must meet a certain set of criteria prior to the legal selection of a health care surrogate agent.
Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by their close relatives (full or half siblings). Sororicide – the act of killing one's sister (Latin: soror "sister"). Uxoricide – the act of killing one's wife (Latin: uxor "wife").
The financial support that Armorion and his siblings have received has been used for their living expenses, the AP reported — and Michigan State’s student assistance fund has also helped.
Typically, these laws obligate adult children (or depending on the state, other family members) to pay for their indigent parents’/relatives' food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. Should the children fail to provide adequately, they allow nursing homes and government agencies to bring legal action to recover the cost of caring for the ...
In the context of child custody cases in Texas, for instance, immediate family includes “parents, siblings, spouse, child by blood, adoption or marriage, grandparents and grandchildren ...
Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct consent of birth parents or legal guardians for every routine childhood vaccination.