My mom has dementia and clinical depression. I am her mdpoa and consent for electrical convulsive therapy is the only treatment the poa does not cover. Dr told me I need to obtain emergency guardianship. Is it faster with an attorney? Expensive? Or can I apply on my own. Got the paperwork, just need help if necessary. What can the attorney do that is different than me on my own?
But, as well as the papers to fill-out, make sure you carefully read the instructions, because guardianship can have different requirements than MPOA, and you need to make sure you follow through on them to make it valid.
Also, if it says it somehow requires going to court, that's another place where you might consider you want a lawyer.
You could take a look in your state and see if there's something helpful that makes it clear to you whether or not you could do this, yourself. Also, the hospitals sometimes link to the state web-sites with all this.
In some state, I have found that the state bar association will also post standard legal forms on their web-site.
However, with regard to guardianship, I suspect in all states that it's something where you should get a lawyer, because I think there are some notifications of close family members and other details that might be involved and it's probably faster if someone who knows all this steps you through it.