National Guardianship Summit – Oct. 2011

The National Guardianship Network (NGN) is a working group of ten national organizations dedicated to good guardianship practices.  The NGN is currently comprised of AARP; the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Law and Aging; the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law; the Alzheimer’s Association; the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; the Center for Guardianship Certification; the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; the National Center for State Courts; the National College of Probate Judges; and the National Guardianship Association. 

In October 2011, NGN will convene a Third National Guardianship Summit: Standards of Excellence at the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law. The Summit is a multi-disciplinary consensus conference of NGN delegates (and representatives of national co-sponsoring organizations) that will focus on developing and implementing basic uniform standards for post-appointment guardian performance and decision-making.  The Summit is supported by grants from the State Justice Institute and the Borchard Center on Law and Aging, a program of the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, as well as by donations from the NGN organizations.

NGN has created a Web site at www.guardianshipsummit.org  that includes information about the Summit, as well as background information on adult guardianship reform and on existing guardianship standards.  Also posted on the site are abstracts of nine law review articles commissioned for the Summit delegates.  The site has an interactive comment feature, and your comments are welcome.