Friday, October 31, 2014

Mentally ill man's home to be sold by state-appointed guardian



GENESEE COUNTY, MI (WNEM) -  A mid-Michigan man is upset after his rights have been stripped to care for his mentally ill son and now the son's home is being sold by his state-appointed guardian.

Lendon Chambers says his wife, Emma, has a terminal illness and his adult son suffers from a mental illness. A Genesee County Probate Court says Chambers can not care for both of them so the court has named a guardian to deal with his son's needs.

Chambers says he is frustrated and worries about his son's assets.

The son's home is now up for sale and Chambers wonders where the money from the sale will be going.

The guardian says if an incapacitated person has assets, the money from that sale is first used to pay for funeral home expenses. The rest of the money is used for food, clothing and medical needs for the patient.

The guardian also says that every cent is monitored by the probate court. She also says that frustration felt by family members is not unusual.

She also says that family members can seek legal action in probate court if they have concerns about their loved one's care.

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Mentally ill man's home to be sold by state-appointed guardian

7 comments:

Kathleen said...

Probate Court says Mr. Chambers can not take care of both his wife and son. And a guardian can! What a joke!

Steve said...

Looks like they needed to sell the home so they could bill against it!

Anonymous said...

Paying for his death is more important than paying for his care and comfort? Come on, that's ridiculous.

Deloris said...

I don't blame this man for being upset a bit. What right did they have to do this?

The father wanted to take care of his son and he should have had that opportunity.

SHAME on anyone involved with this.

Anonymous said...

The state need to let family ,take care of their family,no outsider will take care of a family member like they will

Unknown said...

Walter SChumzers homes was sold for next to nothing and he was never asked or told until afterwords. The Newark,Ohio probate court and the Guardian took all his rights away..It was not right..!! To this day he remains a prisoner and never allowed to go home again or nor allowed to go stay with friends. They took all he had 9 homes and 200.000 and now he lives on medcare..It's just not right. The elderly are human beings..!!!

Anonymous said...

" A Genesee County Probate Court says Chambers can not care for both of them..." And this one is even beter: "She also says that family members can seek legal action in probate court."