Guardianship

This one-day seminar offering 6 hours of CLE is designed as a “survivor course” on various legal topics designed to improve and develop the skills needed by a legal support professional facing today’s legal challenges. Topics include: Grammar, Mental health Issues in the Criminal Justice System, Trends in Legal Ethics, NRCP Discovery Update, Guardianship Compliance, and a special presentation by the 92nd (WMD) Civil Support Team. Cost before 9/18: $96; after 9/18: $116. NALS members may deduct $10. Lunch is included in the price. The seminar will be held at Tamarack Junction, 13101 S.

— A 34-year-old Carson City man identified as David Michael Wright was arrested Thursday evening on a felony third DUI and failure to maintain a lane after multiple people reported a drunk driver traveling on the freeway.

According to the callers, the vehicle was “all over the road” and had struck construction material while coming down from Spooner Summit.

CARSON CITY — A 62-year-old Douglas County woman was sentenced by Second Judicial District Court Judge James Todd Russell to 30-96 months in prison, and ordered to pay full restitution of more than $264,000 in a case that involved stealing money from her elderly father.

The Supreme Court of Nevada has scheduled a public hearing in Carson City on Wednesday, July 18, 2 p.m. to review the work of the Commission to Study the Creation and Administrations of Guardianships.

Allison MacKenzie Law Firm is pleased to announce the hiring of Jennifer McMenomy as an associate attorney, effective May 7, 2018. A Carson City native and former Policy Analyst for the Nevada State Legislature – State Assembly, Jennifer joins the law firm and will focus her practice on Administrative Law, Government Affairs, Family Law, Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Probate Law.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Guardianship Compliance Office has established a toll-free guardianship fraud hotline. The number will connect concerned Nevadans with a team of professionals who will review case files and evaluate the information in the file using investigation techniques and financials tools.

CARSON CITY — Ducks in a Row, a presentation designed to help people understand about advanced medical directives, power of attorney and estate management questions regarding wills and finances will be featured Friday at the Carson City Senior Center.

Judge Frances Doherty of the Second Judicial District Court, together with a group of committed partners, will travel across Northern Nevada July 17-20 for a series of outreach events for supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship for seniors and adults with disabilities.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 162 Tuesday, a measure which requires any business that accepts a DMV-issued I.D. car or driver’s license as proof of identification must also accept U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)-issued cards for that same purpose.

On Wednesday, March 15, members of the Carson City Leisure Hour Club will learn more about how scams are targeting Americans in person, on the telephone and, increasingly, on the Internet. Presenter Lora E. Myles, Esq., will address a variety of these issues and provide advice on how to "avoid being taken."

Long-running problems with the program that oversees about 8,500 cases each year were laid bare in a series of Las Vegas Review-Journal articles published April 12 and 13....

The chief judge in Clark County vowed Friday to improve the guardianship process after a series of stories by the Las Vegas Review-Journal exposed flaws in the system that left thousands of elderly and mentally ill in Clark County open to exploitation....

A bill that would have increased court oversight of guardianships for certain people with dementia died in a Nevada legislative committee last week...

Over three decades numerous studies and media investigations have laid bare systemic problems with conservatorships and guardianships, but there’s been little effort to curb abuses....

Long a source of complaints, the county’s private guardianship system is inherently ripe for abuse, and does little to protect the assets or the rights of those most vulnerable to financial abuse....

Carson City Author, Sandie La Nae, has just published her 10th book. The title is “Weird Reno,” and this book was born out of very strange circumstances. Here’s the scoop:

FREE LEGAL AID FAIR will be on Saturday, October 18, 2014, from 9am to 4pm at the Carson City Community Center, Sierra Room, 851 E. William Street.

Ask an attorney about your legal problem. Find out what legal resources are available to help you. Attorneys will be available to talk to you concerning: General Civil Law (non-criminal), Family Law (divorce, custody, guardianship), Bankruptcy Wills and Estates, Foreclosure and Other Real Property Matters, Landlord/Tenant, Debt Collection. Government Benefits, Employment, Immigration And MORE...For more information call VARN at (775) 883-8278.