VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThe average age of Disney princesses is 505y.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1689arrow-down111
arrow-up1678arrow-down1imageThe average age of Disney princesses is 505y.sh.itjust.worksVeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square164linkfedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThe same laws that protect drunk, unconscious, disabled, senile, or otherwise incapacitated people would still apply. Here, the 18-year-old with a child’s mind would be deemed incompetent, and assigned a guardian.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThere’s got to be something more concrete than that, should the guardian be the problem…
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoLaws are for generalities. Courts are for specificities. The situation you describe is resolved in the courts, not by legislation. If the guardian is the problem, the courts assign a new guardian. That guardian can be another relative, or it could be a department of the state.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agowhat if they can prove competence?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThen we respect their personal agency.
The same laws that protect drunk, unconscious, disabled, senile, or otherwise incapacitated people would still apply. Here, the 18-year-old with a child’s mind would be deemed incompetent, and assigned a guardian.
There’s got to be something more concrete than that, should the guardian be the problem…
Laws are for generalities. Courts are for specificities. The situation you describe is resolved in the courts, not by legislation.
If the guardian is the problem, the courts assign a new guardian. That guardian can be another relative, or it could be a department of the state.
what if they can prove competence?
Then we respect their personal agency.