In Michigan, appointment as conservator legally vests the conservator with title to all of the protected individual’s assets or those assets specified by the court (if less than all assets). The former is a full conservatorship; the latter, a limited conservatorship. Letters of Conservatorship, as generated by the court, are the evidence of transfer of […]
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Michigan Guardians May Now Execute DNR Orders
On November 5, 2013, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law Public Acts 155, 156 and 157 of 2013 giving a legal guardian the power to execute a Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) order on behalf of the guardian’s ward. The Acts amend the Michigan Do-Not-Resuscitate Procedures Act (enacted in 1996), the Adult Foster Care Licensing Act (enacted […]
Guardianship and Conservatorship Training, for Free!
So you have been appointed as guardian for an individual or as conservator over their estate (finances). Now what do you do? As a fiduciary, you are responsible for the best interests of the ward and for complying with state and local requirements. Doing the wrong thing, or even nothing at all when you have […]
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