Silver Hair and Fighting Heirs: Contested Guardianships

Taft partner Julia B. Meister will be a panelist in the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law CLE webinar “Silver Hair and Fighting Heirs: Contested Guardianships,” which will take place on May 19. The program will survey national trends and new developments in contested guardianships and other pre-death events that impact the assets and care of the incapacitated, as well as their estates at death.

Discussion topics will include:

• Multi-jurisdictional disputes.
• Adult guardianships and the Protective Proceeding Act.
• Role of guardianship in caring for persons with mental illness.
• Civil commitment.
• Capacity determinations.
• Guardianship appointments.
• Alternatives to guardianships.