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Representing Wards in Criminal Matters
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To identify the client in a guardianship case when
the disabled person is charged with a crime.
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To educate guardians about the need for separate
competent representation for a ward’s criminal charge.
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To examine the relationship between guardian and
ward when the ward has personal counsel for criminal defense.
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To illuminate how guardianship may fail to protect
an incarcerated ward.
The Limitations of a Legal Guardian: Immigrants &
John Doe Cases
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To review status of funding, obstacles to service
delivery, verification of immigration status, repatriation, and
securing long term care placement.
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To provide recommendations for handling situations.
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To discuss the role of the service provider,
guardian, and DHS-ICE.
Saving Granny: Using UAGPPJA to Protect the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities who have Issues in Multiple Jurisdictions
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To highlight the personal and financial toll on an
incapacitated person and their family resulting from the lack of
uniformity in state guardianship laws
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To increase appreciation for the difficulties
experienced by practitioners and parties when guardianship laws are
not uniform.
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To prepare participants to advocate for passage of
UAGPPJA in their states; or apply new strategies for handling such
cases in jurisdictions in which UAGPPJA has been enacted.
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To establish a more advanced level of practice when
adjudicating guardianship issues with cross-border implications.
Risky Business: How to Use the NGA Standards of
Practice when Confronted with Worst Case Scenarios
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To identify behaviors that create risks for both the
ward and the guardian, including behaviors that could result in
liability against the ward or the ward’s estate and even against the
guardian.
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To develop a greater understanding of how ‘worst
case scenarios’ may impact on the provision of guardianship
services, incur legal liability or cause other practical
consequences. Guardians will be challenged to think more
pro-actively about issues and laws relating to risky behaviors of
wards.
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To emphasize issues relating to a guardian’s ability
to consent (or refuse consent) to requests to control risky
behaviors and to advise guardians of legal and practical issues to
consider when deciding consent requests.
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To develop recommendations on how to respond to the
issues through interactive, collaborative opportunities between the
speakers and the audience.
Judges Panel - Case Studies
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To engage participants in a stimulating and
informative discussion of guardianship issues.
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To provide a judge’s
perspective of the difficult issues in guardianship and how courts
confront these issues.
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To question the judges on how a court might handle
their problem.
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To outline the best practices courts are using in
guardianship.
Review Speaker Biographies and Other
Details at:
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