You have the right to a competent guardian who advocates for your goals, needs, and preferences and respects your desires, including medical treatment preferences, cultural practices, and religious beliefs.

You have the right to fully participate in all decisions, especially those affecting your care, where you live, your activities, and your social interactions, to the extent you wish to be involved and are able to be.

You have the right to receive necessary services and rehabilitation, within available resources, which protect your personal liberty and are provided within the least restrictive conditions.

You have a right to have your guardian prudently manage your resources.

You have the right to fully participate in decisions about how your property is managed, to the extent you wish to be involved and are able to be.

You have the right to keep confidential those matters which you wish to keep confidential unless that information is necessary to obtain services, to prevent abuse, neglect or exploitation, or to modify the guardianship order.

The court may restrict the following personal rights without delegating them to the guardian, but only with due process protections that ensure the decision is consistent with your preferences and values.

Apply for or maintain a driver's license

Be educated

Be employed

Communicate and interact with others

Change your marital status

Maintain your reproductive health and procreation

Travel

Vote

Acquire the benefits, services and supports you need

Consent to or refuse your medical and mental health treatment

Determine where you live

Determine your social environment and social aspects of your personal life

File and defend lawsuits

Make contracts

Make gifts of your money

Manage your money and property