Guardianship Nitty Gritty

This presentation will cover the ethics of representing people with diminished capacity, best practices for attorneys representing individuals in guardianship cases, and ways to find and propose less restrictive alternatives to guardianships.

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Credits GAL:1.0, General:1.0

Tag(s) Estate Planning, Probate & Trust, Guardian ad Litem

Description

Nebraska MCLE #257212. 1.0 CLE Hours. (OnDemand credit)

**This program has been approved for 1.0 hours of Probate GAL.

Guardianships take away an individual’s right to make decisions for themselves. Therefore, ensuring that due process is afforded to the person subject to the guardianship throughout the court procedure is essential. This presentation will cover the ethics of representing people with diminished capacity, best practices for attorneys representing individuals in guardianship cases, and ways to find and propose less restrictive alternatives to guardianships.

David Godfrey, JD, is Director of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging in Washington DC. He is responsible for managing the research, training, and policy work of the Commission. Prior to joining the Commission, he was responsible for elder law programming at the Access to Justice Foundation in Kentucky. Mr. Godfrey earned his B.A. with honors at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Louisville School Of Law in Kentucky. He served on the board of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – and was named a Fellow of the Academy in 2019.

Elizabeth Russo serves as a Senior Attorney at the ABA Commission on Law and Aging. Prior to joining the Commission, Beth was the Deputy Director of Alaska’s Office of Public Advocacy, a state legal advocacy agency which operates the Public Guardian’s office and the Office of Elder Fraud and Assistance in addition to providing respondent counsel in adult guardianship cases. She headed the Alaska Public Guardian’s office from 2008-2019. Beth received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D. and M.P.H. from Boston University. She has been a nationally certified guardian since 2008

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