Guardians and administrators

Find out about how to appoint a guardian or an administrator at VCAT, application timeframes, and other decisions we can make.

After you apply to VCAT about guardians and administrators, understand the VCAT process, find out what you need to do and what happens next.

When you get a notice from VCAT about a guardians and administrators case, find out what this means for you and decide what to do.

If you want to join a VCAT case about guardians and administrators, find out what your options are and what you need to do.

If there’s an application to VCAT to appoint a guardian, administrator or someone to support you to make decisions, find out what this means, how you’re involved, and what happens next.

A guardian makes decisions about lifestyle issues for an adult who is unable to make those decisions because of their disability. Find out more about a guardian’s role and responsibilities.

An administrator manages the financial and legal affairs of an adult who is unable to make financial or legal decisions because of their disability. Find out more about an administrator’s role and responsibilities.

If you are an administrator who carries on a business of, or including, the administration of estates, you must charge according to a new remuneration scale from 1 July 2024.

A supportive administrator or supportive guardian helps an adult act on their own decisions when the person has a disability. Find out more about their roles and responsibilities.

If you are an administrator for a represented person, by law you must submit an Account by Administrator (ABA) each year with details of their financial affairs.

Find out how VCAT makes decisions in cases about guardians and administrators.

Find out how to apply to get access to documents about a guardians and administrators case, or how to to keep them confidential.

We can help resolve some issues or give you advice about existing guardians, administrators, supportive guardians or supportive administrators.