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In Turkiye, such evaluations are frequently requested by courts or notaries; however, empirical data describing their forensic characteristics remain limited. This study examined hospitalized patients referred for forensic psychiatric evaluation of decision\u2010making capacity and guardianship and identified factors influencing medico\u2010legal outcomes. This retrospective study included all inpatient consultations requested for forensic psychiatric evaluation between January 2018 and June 2025 at a university hospital. Sociodemographic characteristics, referring departments, psychiatric diagnoses, Mini\u2010Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores, and forensic psychiatric opinions were extracted from electronic medical records. Eighty forensic psychiatric evaluations were analyzed, including 51 assessments for addressing decision\u2010making capacity for power of attorney and 29 related to guardianship. The mean age was 70.7\u2009\u00b1\u200914.1\u2009years, and 56.3% of patients were male. Most referrals originated from Internal Medicine and Intensive Care units. Among capacity evaluations, 74.5% of patients possessed decision\u2010making capacity, while 19.6% lacked capacity. Patients assessed as possessing capacity had significantly higher MMSE scores than those assessed as lacking capacity (25.88\u2009\u00b1\u20092.37 vs. 19.33\u2009\u00b1\u20092.34;\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Guardianship\u2010related evaluations were mainly associated with mental disorders due to acute brain injury. In this acute hospital setting, lack of decision\u2010making capacity was most commonly associated with delirium and dementia, whereas guardianship considerations primarily involved patients with acute brain injury or severe medical illness. 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