"It is unbelievable to me that parents of special needs children have to petition the court for guardianship after that child reaches the age of 18. To me (once again) the government has it backwards. The parents should automatically be their guardian FOREVER unless they petition the court to be removed as such. We are going with Tammy and Scott to court today so that they may continue being Brandon's legal guardians... We are SO excited to see Brandon, but frustrated with the process and government paperwork... They are not only required to pay for their attorney but for Brandon's as well... crazy..."
Well it was short and sweet. The judge was really nice, his name was Christopher Bieter. Scott wondered if he is the brother to the Boise mayor Dave Bieter. He sure looks like him. Anyways he was amazed and surprised by all the family support for Brandon and that five of us were wanting and able to be guardians for him and that we could all get along in the process. He said he sees a lot of sad and upsetting things in his line of work and he was happy to witness something positive. Rosie was able to attend via conference call. I wanted to make sure that if anything ever happened to Scott and I Brandon would be well taken care of. And besides who would want to go through this all over again. We have only been working on it since January of this year. I too am so grateful for such a wonderful and supporting family. What would I ever do without them!
After the hearing we took Brandon to Cafe Rio for lunch. While Brandon and I were waiting for our food "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac came on and he started singing. He made quite the impression with the others around us eating. They got a kick out of it. It was fine and good until he started throwing out the four letter words. After we took Brandon back to his home Scott finally decided to get a new cell phone...the Samsung Galaxy sIII. It's huge, but I think he is really going to like it especially with his old eyes. Haha
I got the Guardian Ad Litem bill on Monday which was Brandon's attorney John Lerma. It was only $1,164.00. Our attorney was Michelle Finch and we haven't got the damage from her yet.
So glad the guardianship went well. Brandon is always a delight!
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