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PSYCOLOGICAL COMPETENCY HEARINGS

Psychiatrists and attorneys may get paid 3 times as much by the state if the court finds that you or your loved one is incompetent to handle your own affairs. Often an elderly or disabled person faces court appointed experts to determine if he is competent and should retain all his rights under the law. If the person is found incompetent and incapacitated he will likely be placed under the care and control of a professional guardian.

To be fair and just, experts and attorneys should receive the same pay no matter what the outcome is of a competency hearing. However, under this potentially "lopsided" system of justice, nearly everyone who is forced to undergo a competency hearing loses! The doctors and lawyers automatically make more money if you are ruled incompetent to manage your own affairs which also strips you

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