When: Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Where: Social Law Library: John Adams Courthouse, 4th Floor, Boston, MA
Program fee: MGA members $135/All others $170 (light breakfast, lunch, and reception included!) 

Click here to become a member of the Massachusetts Guardianship Association and enjoy a $35 discount on conference registration.

CPCS has approved CLE credit for the following: 6 hours for Mental Health Litigation Division.

 

TOPICS COVERED:

GREY DIVORCE
Exploring the overlap and differences between guardianship and divorce in the elderly.

STRENGTHS/LIMITS TO GUARDIANSHIP
Discussion about the boundaries of guardianship authority and the practical implications for guardians and respondents.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Learn about strategies and tools that may be used through the guardianship process to avoid and resolve potential conflicts between the multiple parties involved.

MEDICATIONS & GUARDIANSHIP: ANTIPSYCHOTICS & BEYOND
What you need to know about medications and considerations of treatment across all ages.

AGENDA
8:00 a.m.                Social Law Library Opens
8:15 - 8:45 a.m.     Registration & Light Breakfast
8:45 - 9:15 a.m      Welcome & Opening Address by Chief Justice of the Probate and  Family Court Department, the Hon. John D. Casey
9:20 - 10:45 a.m.   Panel # 1: Grey Divorce
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 p.m. Panel # 2: Strengths/Limits to Guardianship
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.   Networking Lunch & Keynote Address
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.     Panel # 3: Conflict Resolution
3:20 - 4:30 p.m.     Panel # 4: Medications & Guardianship: Antipsychotics & Beyond
4:45 - 6:00 p.m.     MGA Member & Conference Attendee Reception

Online registration is encouraged. For assistance, questions on group discounts, special billing, program content, out-of-state CLE credits, and general CLE information contact Michael Saporito at msaporito@socialaw.com. Space is limited. Registrations accepted in order of receipt. Same day registrations are $5.00 extra. Registration fees are non-refundable. Registrants for this program acknowledge that during the program their photographic or videographic images may be incidentally taken; registrants agree that the submission of their registrations for this program constitutes their written consent to the Social Law Library’s use of any such image in print and online materials solely for promotion of the Library’s noncommercial CLE seminars and other educational events and activities.