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Message: [QUOTE="UConnNick, post: 3182179, member: 1526"] A POA generally won't work as a means to represent a party in a judicial proceeding. If she's determined to be incompetent to stand trial, the courts generally appoint an attorney ad litem to look after the rights of the defendant. One thing you don't want to see this devolve into is an involuntary commitment proceeding. That's a whole different thing than the criminal trespass charge. A prosecutor might punt the whole thing by getting the asswipe complainant to agree to drop the criminal charges if they'll agree to an involuntary commitment proceeding. Those are generally very tough to get if it's well defended. The standard is whether or not the party is a danger to herself or to others. If there's no prior history of violence it should be fairly easy to overcome the standard, but the proclivity to wander aimlessly could be a problem, because they could contend she's a danger to herself based on that. The argument might be that she could get hit by a car or something. Either way, I'd recommend some formal plan of action regarding monitoring her behavior. If it becomes necessary, when she can't be watched for very brief time periods, it may become necessary to agree to lock her in a room for very short time periods when she can't be personally watched. I know it sucks, but that's the kind of reassurance they'll be looking for. [/QUOTE]