The Importance Of Guardianship Of Mother

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I , Mary Pamela Fonseca, daughter of Violet Fonseca would like to officially go on record and state that I wholeheartedly support my sisters Rita Frei and Patricia Melvin, be granted full guardianship of our mother. I strongly believe that my sisters have shown their commitment and responsibility in caring for our mother. I am also convinced though our mother has five children, that full guardianship should only be awarded to my sisters. It is important for me to explain why I have arrived at this conclusion Prior to my sisters stepping in and taking over her care, our mother was living in deplorable conditions. I was witness to this during my visits to Singapore in 2012 and early 2013. My mother was underweight, suffered severe migraines …show more content…
I handed over all the medical appointment cards for follow-up, to my brother Patrick Alan Fonseca. My sisters and I later discovered that my brother Patrick Allan Fonseca had not taken my mother for any of the follow up medical or dental appointments that I had made.
This was very distressing because my brothers had once again hurt my mother and abandoned caring for her. I say this because of the history that shows my brothers having very little concern for her well
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My sister Rita Frei, though overseas, immediately set out to correct the problem. She found a qualified nurse, Mrs. Sarah Chelliah to act as my mother’s caregiver with whom she still lives with.

Rita Frei then went to Singapore in October 2013 to organize and make sure that our mother would be properly taken care off. With my mother’s approval, her flat was rented which therefore provided my mother with her own income to pay for all her needs. It was Rita’s foresight and determination that has allowed my mother to live in a happy home with all her personal and medical needs taken care of.

For almost four years Rita Frei and Pamela Melvin, although living abroad, have been meticulous in their care of our mother. They monitor all her heath care, help her with paying her bills and perform any other duties that is demanded of them. They also regularly video call our mother to visually monster her

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