Tribunal may make guardianship orders
14 Tribunal may make guardianship orders
If, after conducting a hearing into any application made to it for a guardianship order in respect of a person, the Tribunal is satisfied that the person is a person in need of a guardian, it may make a guardianship order in respect of the person.
In considering whether or not to make a guardianship order in respect of a person, the Tribunal shall have regard to—
the views (if any) of—
the person, and
the person’s spouse, if any, if the relationship between the person and the spouse is close and continuing, and
the person, if any, who has care of the person,
the importance of preserving the person’s existing family relationships,
the importance of preserving the person’s particular cultural and linguistic environments, and
the practicability of services being provided to the person without the need for the making of such an order.
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