I am so glad you brought this up..
Do you mind eloborating on how Judge Boyd came to this to be a FACT?
If you read HIS own response on this-- HE NEVER found this to be a FACT. He found it necessary to give this woman a guardian until a hearing could be held-- and he made this decision based ONLY on the facts that he had at the time- and all these facts were one-sided. YOu want US to have an open mind- try it yourself.
Smatalek-- YOur questions are interesting- the problem is that you are not payiing attention- because all of them have been answered (or at least MOST of them)
Many people on BOTH sides are making a LOT of assumptions.
READ the ACTUAL THINGS REPORTED. NOT what people are assuming...
Just wondering if at the time Dr. Allen Jones "evaluated" Mae on April 1st, she might have "appeared" to have said "mental disability" due to the assumption she had received no nutrition/hydration for 9 days. If she was given any pain meds, she wouldn't appear to be lucid and would probably exhibit deminished abilities. I didn't see an evaluation in the documents. Wonder what Dr. Jones based his evaluation upon.
EC...did you see my earlier post regarding Mae's Living Will & financial statements?
"and he made this decision based ONLY on the facts that he had at the time- and all these facts were one-sided."
In the petition filed by the brothers and sister...
Physical illness or disability.
Lacks sufficient understanding or CAPACITY to make significant responsible decisions concerning his/her person or is incapable of communicating such decisions...
The duration of incapacity will be: "permanent."
(If her only problem is her aorta and it's proposed that it can be fixed, how can the incapacity be permanent?)
This is not from Gaddy.
Further, the judge noted an "alledged gravely ill and incapacited adult" and appointed an atty and dr. to make an evaluation.
The brother /sister filed their objections to Gaddy being made guardian and from the record, had no argument with the incapacitation regarless of how it's worded or the cause.
Hardly one sided. IMO