Q: How can we help get his ex-wife the mental health help she desperately needs.
They have 3 adult children together. She has been involentarily committed 3 times before with paranoid schizophrenia. She lives with her father and boyfriend but father passed away a few months ago. She has stopped all hygiene care, become violent, talks to people who are not there, and has threatened to kill her boyfriend twice. He is totally checked out and has stated he was leaving her. The kids live out of state. How can we get her the help she desperately needs?
A: A relative can petition for guardianship over her person.
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