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Minor Issues: I am my special-needs child’s deputy. Now what?
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Gaining access to my special-needs child's accounts, records and funds is an important part of future care planning, but so is the day-to-day care of her.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
Jill Lim
SINGAPORE – In February, I wrote about how I had submitted an application to be a court-appointed deputy for my daughter with autism, Kate, with my husband as a second deputy.
As Kate is 21 in 2025, she is legally an adult, but lacks the mental capability or awareness to make financial and medical decisions. With deputyship, my husband and I will have the proper authority to make those decisions for her.
