The First Seven Days as a Guardian Ad Litem in an Incompetency Proceeding

The First Seven Days as a Guardian Ad Litem in an Incompetency Proceeding
Author: Timothy Heinle
Publisher: Unc School of Government
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2021-05
Genre: Competency to stand trial
ISBN: 9781642380279

This guide focuses on what a G.S. 35A guardian ad litem attorney should do in the first week after being appointed. Strategies are explored that will improve client representation and help attorneys better manage their workloads and stress. This guide highlights concrete steps that guardian ad litem attorneys can incorporate into their practices to hit the ground running early, including how to set up a file, client outreach, investigation tools, and report writing.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

FAMILY LAW FOR PARALEGALS 9E

FAMILY LAW FOR PARALEGALS 9E
Author: J. Shoshanna Ehrlich
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2022-09-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 154384734X

"Undergraduate family law textbook for paralegal students"--

North Carolina Guardianship Manual

North Carolina Guardianship Manual
Author: John L. Saxon
Publisher: North Carolina Indigent Defens
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781560115809

The North Carolina Guardianship Manual discusses the role and responsibilities of attorneys who are appointed to represent allegedly incapacitated respondents in adult guardianship proceedings. It summarizes and analyzes relevant provisions of North Carolina's guardianship law (Chapter 35A of the North Carolina General Statutes) and discusses in depth the standards for determining incapacity, appointment of guardians, and other significant aspects of guardianship proceedings. View this manual, a reference in the School's Indigent Defense Manual Series, free of charge at defendermanuals.sog.unc.edu.