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Adults

• For people with cognitive disabilities - Resources for families and friends of adults with disabilities.
• For other adults - Guardianship & conservatorship information and resources

Additional resources

• Aging: Taking Care of Business - In addition to guardianship, includes information on living wills, advance directives, trusts, representative payees, etc.
• Probate Courts - contact numbers and information on Probate Courts in Maine

Children

• Handbook for Parents & Legal Guardians in Child Protection Cases - Information to help you understand the court process (which may place your child in the custody of the State), as well as your rights and responsibilities.
• Maine Kids-Kin provides services to grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings and other family members who are raising relatives' children

 

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