If you are able to plan ahead you can proactively establish a power of attorney (legal guardian). If you are not feeling well and your child’s other parent is unavailable, you can grant a limited power of attorney to someone else to take care of the children. You can also name a legal guardian specifically for the time period of the Coronavirus pandemic. You want to make sure that this person is willing and able to take care of your children in an emergency. If you do not have this in place and experience the same situation a relative can also go to the courts and be appointed a “kinship guardian.”