Gov. Jodi Rell has signed legislation reorganizing the long-criticized system, which handles child custody matters and conservatorships as well as wills and estates; Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green had made the cause a crusade with horror stories. More: Connecticut Law Tribune (cross-posted from Point of Law).
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Hats off to Governor Jodi Rell! And to Rick Green, who publicized four cases of vulnerable guardianship wards held “prisoner” by the CT probate courts: Daniel Gross, Maydelle Trambarulo, Margot Claus, and Marilyn Plank.
For more information on unlawful and abusive guardianships / conservatorships — a growing national epidemic —-visit NASGA at http://www.StopGuardianAbuse.org & http://NASGA-StopGuardianAbuse.blogspot.com.
Forewarned is forearmed!
Yours,
Elaine Renoire
NASGA