Adult representation

Court takes her sick husband away from her

The 55-year-old, who lives with her husband in need of care on Lake Attersee, is desperate.(Bild: Wolfgang Spitzbart)

A 66-year-old Upper Austrian man is a nursing case after a serious fall down the stairs, he fought his way back to life. But his wife did not become his adult representative because the children from the man's previous marriages were seeking court proceedings. This now has serious consequences. 

It is a vivid and dramatic example of how important it can be to take precautions when a relative becomes a care case.