A client was admitted for treatment of the symptoms of bipolar disorder after failing to comply with community treatment and continuing to expose their sexual partners to a sexually transmitted form of hepatitis. The court appointed a guardian because this client was not able to understand the consequences of the decisions being made. What term describes the status of this client?

A client is said to be legally incompetent if the client is unable to understand the consequences of the decisions.
When a client is legally incompetent then a guardian is appointed for the client.
Legally incompetent can arise due to not being fit physically or mentally to take decisions and stand trials.
In the given case, the client has bipolar disorder and thus, he is mentally considered to be unfit to take his own decisions or stand trials and this is the reason that the client is considered to be legally incompetent and the court has appointed a guardian for the client.