Comments on: Guardianship Oversight http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/12/06/guardianship-oversight/ news, views and info on self-help law and pro se litigation Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: david giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/12/06/guardianship-oversight/comment-page-1/#comment-405 david giacalone Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:13:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/12/06/guardianship-oversight/#comment-405 HALT covers the <i>Seattle Times</i> investigation of Guardianships in its <a href="http://www.halt.org/ejournal/" rel="nofollow">eJournal</a>, dated Dec. 15, 2006. Click <a href="http://www.halt.org/reform_projects/lawyer_accountability/pdf/Comments_to_DC_Superior_Ct.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a> to see HALT's 2004 proposal to the D.C. Courts for Probate Attorney Practice Standards, which were prompted by the scandalous conditions uncovered in the D.C. guardianship system. HALT covers the Seattle Times investigation of Guardianships in its eJournal, dated Dec. 15, 2006. Click here to see HALT’s 2004 proposal to the D.C. Courts for Probate Attorney Practice Standards, which were prompted by the scandalous conditions uncovered in the D.C. guardianship system.

]]> By: david giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/12/06/guardianship-oversight/comment-page-1/#comment-346 david giacalone Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:58:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/12/06/guardianship-oversight/#comment-346 Thanks for a great compilation on a very important topic. Individuals need this kind of information to assure that those they love or care for are protected. On the East Coast, the "other" Washington had its own Guardianship scandal in 2003. See <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2003/06/15/wash-post-finds-shameful-attorney-court-neglect-of-probate-wards/" rel="nofollow">Washington Post Finds Shameful Attorney & Court Neglect of Probate Wards</a>, where ethicalEsq said: "This story should be mandated reading for bar associations, judicial forums, and bar counsel everywhere. It’s an alert that should spark similar studies of probate courts and appointed guardians across the nation, to ensure that similar practices are not fostered and condoned anywhere else. Such studies should be spurred by the legal profession, rather than downplayed by it. If we don’t protect our most vulnerable clients, who are we protecting?" <a href="http://www.lawhelp.org/" rel="nofollow">LawHelp.org</a> has information on this subject for most states. For example, <a href="http://www.lawhelp.org/DC/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/%20/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/DC/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1331000/sTopicImage/g%2Dlife%2Egif/iTopicID/1123/bAllState/0/ichannelid/199" rel="nofollow">LawHelp.org/DC</a> has information on Guardianship/Conservators in D.C.; and <a href="http://www.lawhelp.org/NY/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/Schenectady/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/NY/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/12305/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1330200/sTopicImage/g%2Dlife%2Egif/iTopicID/284/iChannelID/46/bAllState/0" rel="nofollow">LawHelp.org/NY</a> has Adult Guardianship information for New York. Thanks for a great compilation on a very important topic. Individuals need this kind of information to assure that those they love or care for are protected. On the East Coast, the “other” Washington had its own Guardianship scandal in 2003. See Washington Post Finds Shameful Attorney & Court Neglect of Probate Wards, where ethicalEsq said: “This story should be mandated reading for bar associations, judicial forums, and bar counsel everywhere. It’s an alert that should spark similar studies of probate courts and appointed guardians across the nation, to ensure that similar practices are not fostered and condoned anywhere else. Such studies should be spurred by the legal profession, rather than downplayed by it. If we don’t protect our most vulnerable clients, who are we protecting?”

LawHelp.org has information on this subject for most states. For example, LawHelp.org/DC has information on Guardianship/Conservators in D.C.; and LawHelp.org/NY has Adult Guardianship information for New York.

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