{"id":87,"date":"2016-01-27T07:15:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T07:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/?p=87"},"modified":"2016-01-27T07:15:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T07:15:12","slug":"what-does-the-public-guardian-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/what-does-the-public-guardian-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does the Public Guardian Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am one of two local attorneys who serve as a public guardian for Cabarrus County. Attorney Andrew Phillips with Kraus Law Firm is the other public guardian. When a person is found legally incompetent in a court proceeding, they normally have a family member or friend who can take control of the financial affairs of the &#8220;ward.&#8221; Sometimes, however, the ward does not have family in the area, no relative or friend is able to serve, or the wa<span class=\"textexposedshow\">rd&#8217;s financial affairs involve complex legal issues that make it appropriate for an attorney to manage the situation. Being a public guardian carries with it great responsibility, but it is a privilege and honor to be entrusted with the care of people who might otherwise have no one to help. I am also very, very fortunate to work alongside attorney Andrew Phillips. Andrew&#8217;s partner, Rick Kraus, is also an excellent attorney, and a reputable member of the Cabarrus County Bar.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am one of two local attorneys who serve as a public guardian for Cabarrus County. Attorney Andrew Phillips with Kraus Law Firm is the other public guardian. When a person is found legally incompetent in a court proceeding, they normally have a family member or friend who can take control of the financial affairs of the &#8220;ward.&#8221;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandslegal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}