Adult Guardianship

Adult Guardianship

INFORMATION TO GET STARTED

Fact sheets are in PDF format – you can read online or print.

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Adult Guardianship Overview – this web page gives some basic information about the system in BC. The term in BC for adult guardianship is Committeeship.

Adult Guardianship/Committeeship in BC – fact sheet – Adult Guardianship or Committeeship happens in two ways – by court order and by legislation.

There are two types of court appointments: 1) committee of estate; and 2) committee of person. Click on the link above to learn more details about the effects of guardianship on adults and the Representation Agreement section 7 (RA7) as a legal alternative to adult guardianship in BC.

Guardianship of adults by legislation is also called public guardianship or statutory property guardianship.

Statutory Property Guardianship and Rights to End it – fact sheet – when the Public Guardian and Trustee (a government/public official) takes over the financial and legal affairs of an adult by way of a Certificate of Incapability.

OTHER RESOURCES

Links to legislation