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Substitute Decision-making


A Practitioner's Guide to Adult Guardianship in Illinois

 

Report of Physician for Guardianship

       Cook County

DuPage County

Lake County

       Sangamon County

DHS Physician’s Report / Certificate

 

Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/)

       Guardians for Disabled Adults (755 ILCS 5/11A)

 

Powers of Attorney for Health Care (755 ILCS 45/) 

 

Living Will Act (755 ILCS 35/)

 

Health Care Surrogate Act (755 ILCS 40/)

 

Mental Health Treatment Preference Declarations Act (755 ILCS 43/)

        Mental Health Treatment Preference Declarations Act  form


Legal Mechanisms for Family Involvement
by Mark Heyrman, Monahan Law Group, Illinois Psychiatric Society Mind Matters, Fall 2021