Using Trusts in Guardianships to Safeguard Assets and Protect the Ward

Whether you are acting as the attorney in a Guardianship for the Petitioner, the Respondent or as the Guardian ad litem, this course will help you navigate through some of the stumbling blocks you may encounter at the different stages of pleadings, discovery and hearings in adult and minor guardianships.

Understand the various Medicaid planning tools and opportunities available to guardians in administering a ward’s estate. Learn recent updates and basic Medicaid eligibility rules.

This session will discuss the difference between wrongful death and survival damages and why is it necessary to structure them differently. Strategies to best protect recoveries for estate beneficiaries will also be discussed.