Sometimes people going through divorce lack decision-making capacity. At times, the lack of decision-making capacity is the cause of the divorce. Other times, the incapacity occurred long before or ...

Rape victims who get drunk on their own aren't "mentally incapacitated," Minnesota high court said. "Mentally incapacitated" applies when someone gets drunk without their consent, the court said.

When beginning the process of estate planning or learning about elder law, you will likely read about diminished capacity or the legal protections that may be needed if an individual is incapacitated.

Despite the challenge of decision making for unrepresented patients, few laws or professional organization policy statements offer a solution. Recommendations for how clinicians should handle patients ...

On the news that President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus, some are pondering a morbid question – what happens if a candidate withdraws, is incapacitated or dies before the ...

In Michigan, the Estates and Protected Individuals Code (EPIC) authorizes the probate court to appoint a guardian for a person who is unable to make informed medical decisions, after the court takes ...