| DRAMATIC REVISIONS IN GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP LAW UNDER THE NEW MUPC
Nuts and Bolts of Implementation
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Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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On July 1, 2009, Article V of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code goes into effect, dramatically revising and reforming our current guardianship and conservatorship laws. At this program you will learn not only from the drafters of the Code but from members of the Probate Court implementation committee as to how the MUPC will change the way you practice guardianship and conservatorship law.
Our panelists provide a comprehensive review of Article V and related sections of the MUPC including the right to counsel and the responsibility for payment of said counsel’s fees.
GUARDIANSHIP: - Requirement of limited guardianship and tailored decrees and orders
- The elimination of Guardianships over the Estate
- The parental and spousal preference in nominating a guardian
- The new notice requirements including who must now be served and how
- The effect on the practice of substituted judgment cases
- The appointment of a Special Guardian
- The new reporting and monitoring requirements
- The new nursing home authorization requirement
CONSERVATORSHIP: - The standard for appointing a conservator
- The new notice requirements including who must now be served and how
- Protective proceedings and protective orders
- The powers of the conservator including the authority to create, amend or revoke trust & wills
- Single transactions
- The appointment of Special Conservators
- The new reporting and monitoring requirements
- The new accounting requirements
ATTEND AND LEARN: - The new forms you will need to file and the new procedures you will need to follow to obtain a guardianship and/or conservatorship
- The changes to the medical certificate /clinical team report form
- How the right to counsel provisions and requirement of requesting specific authority to admit an incapacitated person to a nursing home will affect your practice
- How to comply with the new monitoring and reporting requirements
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Honorable Paula M. Carey, Chief Justice
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Probate & Family Court |
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M. David Blake, Esq., Chair
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Blake & Associates, Boston, MA |
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Rebecca Brendel Weintraub, MD, JD
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Psychiatrist at MA General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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John H. Cross, Esq.
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Adminstrative Office of the Probate and Family Court |
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John G. Dugan, Esq.
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Doherty, Ciechanowski, Dugan & Cannon, PC, Franklin, MA |
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Robert Fleischner, Esq.
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Center for Public Representation, Northampton, MA |
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Honorable Anne M. Geoffrion, First Justice
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Probate & Family Court, Hampden Division |
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Diane M. Geraghty-Hall, Esq.
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Connor & Hilliard, P.C., Walpole, MA
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Stan Goldman, Esq., Director
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Mental Health Litigation Division, Committee for Public Counsel Services |
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Mark A. Leahy, Esq., Co-Chair
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Whittum & Leahy, Hingham, MA |
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Ilene Mitchell, Esq., Case Manager
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Administrative Office of the Probate and Family Court |
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Honorable Elaine M. Moriarty
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Probate and Family Court, Suffolk Division |
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Honorable Susan Ricci
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Worcester Probate & Family Court
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Honorable Jennifer Rivera Ulwick
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Probate & Family Court, Norfolk County |
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Robin L. Stolk, Esq., Attorney In Charge
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Children and Family Law, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Springfield, MA |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
WELCOME AN INTRODUCTIONS |
| Chief Justice Paula Carey, Chair
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| 9:10 |
OVERVIEW OF ARTICLE V |
| Chief Justice Paula Carey
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FORMS, RULES AND PROCEDURE |
- Petitions
- Bonds
- Citations
- Letters of Appointment
Mark Leahy, Honorable Elaine Moriarty and Jennifer Rivera Ulwick
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| 10:40 |
DISCUSSION AND Q & A |
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| 11:15 |
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE |
| Rebecca Brendel and John Cross
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| 12:00 |
RIGHT TO COUNSEL |
| Robert Fleischner and Stan Goldman
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| 12:45 |
LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN) |
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| 1:45 |
REPORTING AND MONITORING |
| John G. Dugan, Mark Leahy, and Ilene Mitchell
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| 2:15 |
GUARDIANSHIP OF WARDS |
| Honorable Anne M. Geoffrion, Honorable Susan Ricci, Ilene Mitchell and Robin L. Stolk
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PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF CHANGES-HYPOTHETICAL CASE STUDY |
| M. David Blake and Diane Geraghty-Hall
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
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Tuition is $199.00; $149.00 for Suffolk Alumni, attorneys admitted to the bar after 2006 and members of Massachusetts Guardianship Association. Tuition includes course materials and continental breakfast.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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If for some reason you are not able to attend, you may send a substitute or call no later than the business day before to receive a refund less a $15.00 cancellation fee. Otherwise, you will receive the course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE credit in RI, NH, VT & ME. This course has also been approved for 7.0 CPCS Mental Health credits, 7.0 CAFL Credits and 7.0 for GAL credit.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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Are available to any attorney or professional employed in public service, or for whom attendance would otherwise present a financial hardship. For more information, call 617.573.8627.
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