UMT [2016] NSWCATGD 7

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: UMT [2016] NSWCATGD 7 Hearing dates: 22 March 2016 Date of orders: 22 March 2016 Decision date: 22 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: J Currie, Senior Member (Legal) M Wroth, Senior Member (Professional) M Watson, General Member (Community) Decision: Financial management order revoked on the grounds of the person's best interests. Catchwords: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – application to revoke financial management order – application to review financial management order – best interests – consideration of principles in section 4 of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) – ability to manage affairs informally – where the person is Aboriginal and there are specific cultural considerations – previous debts accounted for – community support available – financial management order revoked Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 4 and 36 Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW), ss 25P(1) and 25P(2) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ms UMT (the person subject to the financial management order and the applicant for revocation of that order) Mr SMT (appointed financial manager and spouse of Ms UMT) NSW Trustee and Guardian (party by operation of s 3F of the Guardianship Act) Representation: Nil File Number(s): 39803 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)).