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- 1987 -
- 2017 -
(Nominative Representative)
Guardianship and Property Management
in Persons with Mental Illness: A Legal Overview
A Practical Perspective on Limited Guardianship under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017
and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016
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(Section 14)
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(Types of Guardianship):
1.
(Nominated Representative - NR):
2.
(Limited Guardianship):
3.
(Plenary
Guardianship):
(LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP)
NGO /
(Limited Guardianship)
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Psychiatrist Reports, ID Proof,
Capacity
Assessment
(Finance, Health)
(Plenary/Complete
Guardianship):
Complete
Guardianship)
(Profound Intellectual Disability)
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(Assets)
(Liabilities) -
15
2
13
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(Mental Health Act-2017)
(National Trust)
(Pension)
(Guardian)
'National Trust
Act'
(District Legal Services Authority)
15
(Limited Guardianship)
(Guardianship)
1890-
(Guardians and Wards Act, 1890
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References:
(Plenary Guardianship)
1. Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. (2017).
The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
. Government of India. Ministry of Law
and Justice.
2. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. (2016).
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
.
Government of India.
3. Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. (1890).
The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890
. Government of India.
4. National Trust. (1999).
The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999
. Government of India.
5. World Health Organization. (2022).
World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All
. Geneva:
WHO.
6. Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry. (2021). Wolters Kluwer Publications.
7. Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Gelder, M., Andreasen, N., & Lopez-Ibor, J. (2020). Oxford University Press.
8. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. (2021).
Mental Health and Legal Capacity Guidelines
.
Bengaluru, India.
9. United Nations. (2006).
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
. New York: United
Nations.
10. Mental Health Care and Human Rights. Sharma, K. (2019). New Delhi: Sage Publications.
