I am not confident in how she handled matters in the guardianship process. It took six months to obtain guardianship over my mom, and I'm not comfortable or confident in how things were handled with it. I wanted to make decisions for permanent placement and obtain her medical records. My cousin recommended this woman to me last year because my mom couldn't remember her own attorney's name. There have been many obstacles to overcome in the process including getting a bond for the whole amount of her money, the physicians refusing to conduct a physical examination. Now, that I met another attorney, many of these issues could have been avoided. Is it possible to get another attorney to preside over guardianship? I need positive support right now.
An additional comment, I was surprised that even the utility companies needed the guardianship papers before they would talk about his account!
I remember how many times I had to fax or e-mail my parents' POA papers around - I kept digital and paper copies as handy as possible. You would think that just calling to try to arrange to pay a bill wouldn't require so much fuss, but EVERYBODY is as paranoid as if HIPAA applied to finance as much as it does to health care.
Then ask new atty if correct 2 WRITE old atty requesting up 2 date accounting & refund of any remaining retainer. If so, unless some really good legal reason not 2, YOU should write letter b/c u shouldn't hav 2 incur charges via the new atty 4 sonething simple u can do urself.
Further, dependong also on the response 4 refund request, if u have cause, ie documentation abt how 1st atty messed up, u can consider if u want 2
Hope this helps, write back if u need to...