Legal Question in Personal Injury in California
My daughter and her boyfriend(both 42 yrs. old) were in a motorcycle accident. oth admitted to hospital. They share an 18 year old son. The mother of the boyfriend has banned my daughter visitation in the hospital, as well as the 18 year old son. What is the law.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Unless she has a restraining order or she is the guardian/conservator she has no legal control of the situation
If the boyfriend is incapacitated and the boyfriend's mother has a power of attorney for healthcare then she decides what she feels is best because she is legally speaking for the boyfriend. If she does not then the next of kin should be the son who is an adult and would decide who is allowed to visit the boyfriend. The girlfriend (your daughter) is not family at all even if she is the mother of a son with the boyfriend. Therefore, the person authorized to make decisions for the boyfriend can bar her as a visitor. People who are not married need to think about all these issues that might come up during the relationship and do the legal paperwork before those issues come up. Simple forms are available free such as the power of attorney for healthcare purposes. Kaiser has a very good one in its website.