Webinar, May 20, 2021, 12:00 p.m., with a community support organization in the Bedford, MA, area. For parents and family members of persons with an intellectual or developmental disability,
* This workshop provides an overview of the legal consequences of reaching the age of emancipation at 18.
* Discussion will include a description of the range of decision-making options
- Guardianship
- Powers and duties of a guardian,
- Procedure of initiating a guardianship
- Substituted judgement.
- Supported Decision Making as an alternative to Guardianship
- Legal Emancipation
- Presumption of Competence
- east Restrictive Alternative
- Prioritization of the areas requiring decision-making.
About the speaker: Attorney Meredith H. Greene practices in Trust & Estate special-needs planning, estate
planning, guardianship, conservatorship, adult services advocacy, and government benefits advocacy. Ms. Greene
was trained as a parent advocate representing children and families in the area of special education through the
Federation for Children with Special Needs.
To RSVP for the Zoom link contact (781)275-2500 ext. 3080 or emily.wheet@nashobalearninggroup.org
