Office of the Public Advocate (OPA)

Applying to VCAT

Any adult can make an application to the VCAT Guardianship List for a guardianship or administration order if they are concerned that:

a person with disability is not able to make a decision that needs to be made
there is no other less restrictive way the decision can be made.

You may make an application because you are concerned about the decisions a person is making, or others are making for them.

You can also ask VCAT to appoint a supportive guardian or supportive administrator to help the person make their own decisions.

Visit the OPA website for more information.

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Reviewed 7 December 2023

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Help in your language

If you need an interpreter to speak with staff, call TIS National on 131 450.

Give them the Bendigo Law Courts telephone number: (03) 9087 5733 and stay on the telephone while the operator connects you and the interpreter to the organisation.

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Court Services Victoria acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung, Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Bendigo Law Courts stand, and pays respects to ancestors of this country, Elders, knowledge holders and leaders – past and present.

Court Services Victoria extends that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.