Right to Legal Counsel Extends to
Guardianship Review Hearings
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 By Attorney Elena Lidrbauch
When a guardianship application is initially filed, certain steps must be followed by all probate courts. The case is initially assigned to a court investigator who must meet with the prospective ward (the individual under guardianship) and inform the prospective ward of his or her rights. Included among these rights are...
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Stray Acorns |
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When I gave a talk at a CEVEC parents' group meeting recently, I opened with the first paragraph of a book I'd been reading:
There is no such thing as reproduction. When two people decide to have a baby, they engage in an act of production, and the widespread use of the word reproduction for this activity, with its implication that two people are but braiding themselves together, is at best a euphemism to comfort prospective parents before they get in over their heads. In the subconscious fantasies that make conception look so alluring, it is often ourselves that we would like to see live forever, not someone with a personality of his own. Having anticipated the onward march of our selfish genes, many of us are unprepared for children who present unfamiliar needs.
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