UPN [2015] NSWCATGD 11

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: UPN [2015] NSWCATGD 11 Hearing dates: 26 February 2015 Date of orders: 26 February 2015 Decision date: 26 February 2015 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: J Currie, Senior Member (Legal) S Taylor, Senior Member (Professional) M McCalman, General Member (Community) Decision: Guardianship order made, Public Guardian appointed.

Financial management order made appointing NSW Trustee and Guardian. Catchwords: YOUNG PERSON LEAVING CARE – person in need of a guardian – balancing exercise/capacity to manage financial affairs Legislation Cited: Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: IF v IG & Ors [2004] NSWADTAP 3 TC v Public Guardian & Ors [2006] NSWADTAP 15 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr UPN (subject person) Ms BRD (applicant) Representation: Separate Representative File Number(s): 58224 Publication restriction: Decisions of the Guardianship Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal have been anonymised to remove any information that may identify any person involved in the Tribunal's proceedings (s 65, Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW)).

REASONS FOR DECISION

What the Tribunal decided

(a) Guardianship 1. The Tribunal decided to make a guardianship order for Mr UPN. The Public Guardian was appointed as Mr UPN's guardian for 12 months with the functions of making decisions on his behalf about his accommodation, health care (including psychological counselling), medical and dental consents and services.