Obtaining Guardianship. Guardianship laws for adults are complex and vary from state to state but, in general, a guardian can be appointed in one of two ways: under a will or via a court order. A guardian is appointed in a will when the previous guardian names a new guardian in his will and the previous guardian dies. If the new guardian accepts the appointment, guardianship of the adult child passes to that person. Not all states recognize this method of assigning guardianship.
Once the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, the Finnish firm was wrongfooted by the rise of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple and Samsung. It sold its handset business to Microsoft in late 2013 and has since focused squarely on making telecoms network equipment. Now Nokia boss Rajeev Suri is planning a comeback.
It was formed in May 2016 by buying Microsoft Mobile's feature phone business and the rights to the brand until 2024 through a licensing agreement with Nokia. The sale was completed in December 2016. HMD is made up of veteran Nokia staff and is headed by CEO Arto Nummela, who previously spent 17 years at Nokia. It is headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, in front of Nokia's headquarters. Their smartphones are based on the Android operating system, whereas their feature phones use Nokia's legacy Series 30+ platform.