What You Need To Know As a Guardian Ad Litem
May 15, 2012
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747
Intended Audience: Attorneys
8:30am - 1:00pm
Contact Info:
Cindy O'Brien
Phone: 800-582-2452
Email: cobrien@nysba.org
4.5 Total credit hours of professional practice and/or practice management; 1.5 credit hours of skills; 0.5 credit hour in ethics.
The Trusts and Estates Law Section and Committee on Continuing Legal Education are pleased to present this half-day program that will qualify you for an appointment as a guardian ad litem in Surrogate’s Court or other court.
The four and a half hours of MCLE credit you will earn from this program include coverage of: 1)the substantive rules and law of Part 36 of the Rules of the Chief Judge (22 NYCRR Part 36) governing court appointment of fiduciaries, 2) ethics, and 3)the procedural aspects of serving as a guardian ad litem as well as the substantive role of a guardian ad litem in various proceedings.
The program faculty will include experienced trusts and estates practitioners and Surrogate’s Court personnel.
Farrell Fritz Trusts and Estates associate Robert M. Harper will be speaking from 12:00 – 12:30 on:
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS
-Construction and Reformation Proceedings
-Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Proceedings
-Guardianship, Supplemental Needs Trusts and Article 81 Proceedings
-Spousal Rights and Right of Election
Other speakers include: Hon. John M. Czygier, Jr, Suffolk County Surrogate – Hon. Edward W. McCarty III, Nassau County Surrogate – Michele Lippa Gartner, Esq., Special Counsel for Surrogate & Fiduciary Matters, Office of Court Administration – Stephen B. Hand, Esq. – Jaspan Schlesinger LLP – Peter K. Kelly, Esq. – Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. – Eric W. Penzer, Esq., Farrell Fritz, P.C. – Albert W. Petraglia, Esq. – Rivkin Radler LLP
Fees:
Member: $110.00
Non-Member: $210.00
Student Member: $50.00