Guardianship and Conservatorship: A Handbook for Lawyers.

Guardianship and Conservatorship, A Handbook for Lawyers offers a practical, hands-on guide to the sensitive issues surrounding guardianship and conservatorship. Written in an approachable style, the book defines the role and provides an overview of the process.

Readers will learn the steps for filing a guardianship case; how to obtain medical evaluation alleging disability; what to do when multiple parties seek guardianship; what to do to prepare for trial, whether the attorney is counsel for the petitioner or the respondent; and how to prepare a fee statement.

This handbook will help attorneys advise clients on how to seal a ward's assets, finance care, pay taxes, content with additional forms of property, and minimize surety-bond fees. It also examines special...