If a person is mentally incompetent, then they can't unless they have a lawyer to help them
If they have been adjudged mentally incompetent, no.
A person mentally incompetent is disqualified from voting in Missouri.
If the husband has become mentally incompetent as a result of the stroke, he would not be considered mentally competent to grant a power of attorney to anyone. A power of attorney that is granted during the time of one's incompetency would generally not be considered valid. If a person is mentally incompetent, an interested person could generally petition a probate court (in the county in which the mentally incompetent person resides) to have a guardian of the person and the property appointed.
A person in Illinois has to be declared incompetent through the court system. Bring pictures, dated notes and video, along with medical records and police reports, to present to the court when the incompetence proceedings begin. If the adult is found incompetent, a guardian will be appointed. The guardian has the power to make legal decisions for the person.
Generally speaking anyone can be asked to testify. Though someone can be ruled as medically or mentally unable or incompetent to testify.
It is hard to get another person declared incompetent. Drug addiction is a personal choice, and so long as she is not trying to commit suicide, doctors will not consider that a sign of incompetence. If she is mentally ill to the point where she is demented, then you could have her declared incompetent.
Presuming you mean mentally incompetent...which would need to be determined legally...that prson would then have whoever was appointed t administer their affairs file for them on their behalf.
Usually, a guardian is appointed when the person is a minor or the adult is incompetent, unable to mentally handle their affairs.
Mental incompetence is the inability of a person to make or carry out important decisions regarding his or her affairs. An individual is defined as mentally incompetent if he/she is manifestly psychotic or otherwise of unsound mind, either consistently or sporadically, by reason of mental defect. Few examples of such mental defect are retardation, schizophrenia, and dementia. Only a court may declare someone mentally incompetent, after a judicial hearing and testimony from competent medical authority.
Depends. There are Very different degrees of PTSD. If a person has been adjudicated as mentally incompetent, they cannot. Most vets with PTSD are very mentally competent.
To declare someone mentally incompetent in Mississippi, a petition must be filed with the chancery court alleging the individual's incapacity. The court will appoint a committee of three individuals to evaluate the person's mental capacity. If the committee determines the person is incompetent, the court may appoint a guardian or conservator to make decisions on their behalf.