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Defense Against Guardianship: A Lawyer's Guide to Representing Individuals in Guardianship Cases ISBN 9781639054213

Defense Against Guardianship: A Lawyer’s Guide to Representing Individuals in Guardianship Cases offers practical guidance, an ethical framework, and strategic best practices for attorneys representing individuals with cognitive impairments—due to aging or disability—in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Published by the ABA Commission on Law and Aging, this book responds to the growing number of lawyers defending respondents in adult guardianship cases, as well as those seeking to modify or terminate guardianships to restore their clients’ rights.

This guide serves as a practical “idea book,” exploring alternatives to guardianship, supported decision-making, and accommodations, and showing how these tools can be used to build and present an effective defense. It also emphasizes protecting clients’ due process rights while navigating the legal and ethical complexities of these cases.

Defense Against Guardianship: A Lawyer's Guide to Representing Individuals in Guardianship Cases ISBN 9781639054213, 978-1639054213 & 978-16390-54213