Massachusetts Former AG Continues Bid for Adult Guardianship Office

…”former Attorney General Scott Harshbarger is asking lawmakers to pick up an unfinished piece of the reforms he sought around elder protection and adult guardianship. Harshbarger on Monday asked the Judiciary Committee to throw its support behind a bill that would establish a state office of adult guardianship as a public-private partnership that would handle…

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Third Colloquium Report

Summary Report Third Colloquium:  Proposal for a Public Guardianship Program From:  Heather L. Connors, Ph.D., Director of Research, Guardian Community Trust, Inc. To:       Registrants and Subscribers to the Colloquium Series Date:   December 22, 2016   Introduction The Third Colloquium: A Proposed Statute for Public Guardianship, part of the Institute’s Colloquium Series, was held on November…

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Second Colloquium Report

Summary Report Second Colloquium: Voluntary Public Guardianship Programs   From: Peter M. Macy, Exec. Dir., Guardian Community Trust, Inc. To:  Registrants and Subscribers to the Colloquium Series Date: June 30, 2016   I.                    Introduction The Colloquium on Volunteer Guardianship Programs, the second event in the Institute’s Colloquium Series, was held on June 13, 2016, at…

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First Colloquium Report

Summary Report Colloquium on Public Guardianship (Held November 10, 2015)   From:  Peter M. Macy, Exec. Dir., Guardian Community Trust, Inc. To:       Attendees and Registrants of Colloquium on Public Guardianship  Date:   Updated, April 12, 2016   Introduction The Massachusetts Guardianship Policy Institute (the “Institute”) held its first major educational event, the Colloquium on Public Guardianship,…

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