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Aug. 24, 2021

Conservatorship training riddled with errors and omissions

Training programs, like a mandatory training on limited conservatorships conducted last week by the Los Angeles County Bar Association which are not guided by formal performance standards, are a recipe for disaster.

Conservatorship reform advocates were cautiously optimistic when the Judicial Council adopted new training requirements for attorneys in probate conservatorship proceedings. The mandates of Rule 7.1103 of the California Rules of Court became effective on January 1, 2020.

For years, some of us had pushed for better educational programs for court appointed counsel in these cases. We wanted crucial topics to be included in training curricul...

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