Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky
child care
we are going to be keeping our infant granddaughter for a few days. Do we need a letter from her mother giving us the ability to get medical attention for the child in case of emergency, or would the child's state medical card (or a copy of it) be sufficient?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: child care
In a true medical emergency, hospitals must provide treatment even if no one can sign consent. They won't tell you that though.
However, you would be smart to get the parent to write a letter, sign and date it authorizing you to sign for necessary medical care. One step better would be for the parent's signature to be notarized, but if it is just a few days, then that might be too much to go through.
If you often keep your granddaughter while the parent travels, the parent would be smart to create a limited guardianship or some sort of durable power of attorney to cover the possibility that they get hurt or worse in their travels.
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