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Hi there,
I'd be much appreciative if someone could enlighten me on this subject.
Say you have a person who gets in a car wreck and goes into a coma, and there are no relatives or friends to be found at first...I'm under the impression from my internet research that they become a "ward of the state" or the caseworker/social worker takes temporary custody to make decisions in that person's best interest until they can find someone...is this correct?
I'm also curious about how the social worker goes about finding relatives and friends of the person in the coma. Are there specific things they do first, and then resort to other methods, or is it just whatever they can find in whatever fashion they go about it? And if there is only a non-relative, do they try to get that person to become a guardian while the person is still in a coma? Does the social worker have the ability to search court documents such as marriage/birth certificates?
Thanks for any help on what I know are a lot of questions. Also if you have a site or a book to recommend, I'd love to hear about it. I'll admit I'm a little nervous to call our local hospital to ask someone-I'm scared they won't have the time or patience to answer my questions.
Rowriter
I'd be much appreciative if someone could enlighten me on this subject.
Say you have a person who gets in a car wreck and goes into a coma, and there are no relatives or friends to be found at first...I'm under the impression from my internet research that they become a "ward of the state" or the caseworker/social worker takes temporary custody to make decisions in that person's best interest until they can find someone...is this correct?
I'm also curious about how the social worker goes about finding relatives and friends of the person in the coma. Are there specific things they do first, and then resort to other methods, or is it just whatever they can find in whatever fashion they go about it? And if there is only a non-relative, do they try to get that person to become a guardian while the person is still in a coma? Does the social worker have the ability to search court documents such as marriage/birth certificates?
Thanks for any help on what I know are a lot of questions. Also if you have a site or a book to recommend, I'd love to hear about it. I'll admit I'm a little nervous to call our local hospital to ask someone-I'm scared they won't have the time or patience to answer my questions.
Rowriter