The process started out great. The care community my relative is in approached me last fall about…read moreguardianship for him. From there, the community social worker contracted with SCN to take over the process and I was contacted by their simply amazing and caring social worker, Brittany, who interviewed my relative (in person) and me (also in person) along with a Guardian ad Littem from the court (who also met with my relative and with me). The GAL submitted a "thorough report" as to why I should be nominated. As the process moved along, the concerns I initially had about becoming guardian (animosity of another family member who felt he should be named) were alleviated and I looked forward to the court hearing...that is, until less than 24 hours before the hearing. I tried contacting Brittany to make sure we were all set for the hearing, but I didn't get a response back, which was unusual as I had been in touch with her for several weeks. Then, that afternoon, I received a "text message" from SCN, telling me that Brittany was no longer employed by them but to expect another social worker at the court the next day who would be familiar with the case and everything was a "go". That would have been fine, had I known who to look for and had we had a minute to meet and go over a few details before the hearing. Instead, when I got to court, I knew no one there. No one approached me...so I sat in the back waiting for the case to be called and/or the social worker who was supposed to meet me there, approach me. I admit, I was intimidated as I had never been to court before. It was only at that moment, when the case was called by the judge, did I see the new social worker assigned. She (the newly assigned social worker) sat next to me. The family member I was concerned about was seated next to me on the other side. Now, I was really intimidated. The social worker never said a word in court, and I had been depending on her (originally Brittany), as we had discussed for weeks, how we would proceed, that she would also speak on my behalf (as to why I was nominated as guardian, etc.) This new social worker said "nothing", not a word to me, but "Hi"and not a word in court. I was dumbfounded, confused and afraid to speak up in court when the judge called on me. This never should have happened like this, given the circumstances as to why I was nominated in the first places. I felt as if I had been hung out to dry. I was speechless. The end result was that my relative (who is in LTC) now has a guardian appointed (the family member he did not prefer and the GAL report was clear as to why). It's sad how it turned out for the ward, my relative. Worse, SCN never even contacted me after the hearing. The "GAL" contacted me and was equally dumbfounded as to how this turned out. Disappointing, to say the least.