Guardians ad Litem in Contested Guardianship and Conservatorship Cases

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the June 2023 webcast, Guardians ad Litem in Contested Guardianship and Conservatorship Cases.

Topics Covered

• Compare representing the interests of the respondent as a GAL to serving as the respondent’s attorney
• Ask a judges panel about the challenges they often see in guardianship cases
• Explore when a GAL should request that independent counsel be appointed for a respondent
• Discuss techniques that GALs use to communicate effectively with persons with diminished capacity
• Review how the rules of professional conduct concerning communicating with represented and unrepresented persons affect the GAL’s investigation of the guardianship petition