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shirley39 · Jun 5, 2009, 08:43 AM

Hello.

My question is if I get guardianship in the state of Wisconsin is it good in the state of Kansas? He will be 18 but is a special needs child. Is there such a thing as guardianship of him having to do with medical, financial and educational purposes?
I would not like to think of having to do so in each state as the cost would be a bit much.
Have a wonderful day.

Shirley

cadillac59 · Jun 5, 2009, 08:55 AM

The US Constitution has a clause in it, that's over 200 years old incidentally, that says that the orders and judgments of one state are entitled to be given full faith and credit in all the other states. So yes, your Wisconsin guardianship is good in all 50 states. You do not have to have 50 separate guardianships to cover the whole country.

Of course guardianships cover medical and educational issues but if you are talking about a guardianship extending beyond 18 no, there is no such thing. A conservatorship (for mentally disabled adults) is possible in selected cases, but that's much harder to get and an entirely different matter.

cdad · Jun 5, 2009, 02:09 PM

( quote ) stevetcg agrees: WHAT? You mean if I get married in Vegas I am still married in FL? Uh oh... better tell my wives. :) (Kidding - excellent post!)
( end quote )

No steve what happens in vegas stays in vegas its just double or nothing on the spousal support : )

cadillac59 · Jun 5, 2009, 04:39 PM

I had to laugh a little with this OP's question, and not to be facetious, but you really have to hand it to the founding fathers- they had all this stuff figured out 200+ years ago (too bad you have to go to law school to learn this sometimes).. You know they thought, "Gee, if we put a country together with all these different states, what happens if Mr. Jones goes to court in Delaware and gets a court judgment that says Mr. Smith owes him $100 for the sale of a horse, but Mr. Smith lives in New York? Does a New York court have to recognize what the Delaware court says, that is, that Mr. Smith owes Mr. Jones $100 for the horse???. It would sure make sense to have a rule like that and it would save Mr. Jones all the trouble of going to court all over again in NY and then taking the risk that the NY court would disagree and say Mr. Jones is owed nothing. What a mess that would be! So, solution? Full faith and credit clause in the Constitution!!!Great!"

Hey, and you know they figured all of this out without the internet, without computers, cell phones, without text messaging or twitter...