Adult Guardianship Training 2026 - 6 CLE / 1 E - December 3
Adult Guardianship Training 2026
Co-Sponsored with the Indiana Guardianship Institute,
a Sponsored Project of the Center for At-Risk Elders (CARE)
6 CLE / 1 E - Thursday, December 3
9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
This program is designed to guide you through the concepts, mechanics, duties, special situations, ethical matters and update you on current practice issues involved with Adult Guardianships. Proudly co-sponsored with our friends from: Indiana Guardianship Institute, a sponsored project by the Center for At-Risk Elders.
Topics:
The Changing Environment for Guardians and Guardianship
a. Increased Focus on Options to Guardianship.
b. Understanding the Guardian’s Job.
c. Building a World Class Guardianship System: Access, Quality & Accountability.
1. Access: Family, VASIA, Professionals.
2. Quality: Education and Empowerment of Guardians.
3. Accountability: Education and Empowerment of Courts.
Court Process & Procedures
Case Launch Phase (Filing through Hearing).
a. Gathering Evidence.
b. Preparing the Client.
c. Exploring Less Restrictive Alternatives.
d. Working with a Guardian Ad Litem.
e. Hearing Preparation: Contested and Uncontested.
Post-Appointment Management (Appointment through Discharge).
f. Standards of Decision Making.
g. Reports, Inventories and Accountings.
h. Actions Requiring Court Approval.
i. Termination of Guardianships and Discharge of Guardian.
Special Topics
a. Temporary Guardianships.
b. Stand-By Guardianship.
c. Guardian’s Tools to Compel Compliance with Instructions.
d. Fees – what’s reasonable?
e. Estate Planning on Behalf of Protected Person.
f. Right of Association.
g. Social Security Representative Payee.
h. VA’s Fiduciary Program.
i. Mental Health Commitments.
j. Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
Ethical Issues in Guardianship
a. Less Restrictive Alternatives to Guardianship.
b. Confidentiality in the Age of E-Filing.
c. Obligations to Honor Rights to Due Process
d. Advising Guardians on Methods of Ethical Decision Making.
e. Issues surrounding attorney representation of the protected person.
f. When guardianship doesn’t “work” anymore.
Panel on Current Issues in Guardianship from the Bench and Bar
Faculty:
H. Kennard Bennett
Center for At-Risk Elders, Inc. & Scout Advocacy, LLC, Indianapolis
Hon. David J. Certo
Judge, Marion County Probate Court, Indianapolis
Mollie M. Golden
Center for At-Risk Elders, Inc., Indianapolis
Sara M. McClammer
Scout Advocacy, LLC, Indianapolis
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