Public Guardian & Trustee Handbook

The insider's guide to dealing effectively with the Public Guardian & Trustee

This publication is essential for: all civil litigators and their support staff.

Current to: December 1, 2014 

From simple conveyances to complex settlements, many files involve the Public Guardian and Trustee. With the Public Guardian & Trustee Handbook you have quick access to comprehensive information on the role and responsibility of the Public Guardian and Trustee in files involving services to adults, services to children and youth, estate and personal trust services, and class proceedings. Sample forms and specific guidance on requesting information from the Public Guardian and Trustee help to guide you through this special area of practice.

With this resource, you will be able to:

• recognize when and how the Public Guardian and Trustee will be involved in your client’s case
• understand your client’s obligations when the Public Guardian and Trustee is involved in the case
• access tips on practice and procedure when interacting with the Public Guardian and Trustee

Buy today and interact confidently with the Public Guardian and Trustee!     

Highlights of the 2015 Update:

• changes to the Public Guardian and Trustee’s procedures and policies, incorporating significant amendments under the Family Law Act, WESA, Limitation Act, Public Guardian and Trustee Act, Adult Guardianship Act, Patients Property Act
  
  
• coverage of Part 2.1 of the Adult Guardianship Act, in force December 1, 2014, governing statutory property guardianship and the new certificate of incapability process
  
  
• significant updates to and reorganization of chapters 2 (Services to Adults), 3 (Child and Youth Services) and 4 ((Estate and Personal Trust Services)
  
  
• new case law and all other practice developments since November 7, 2012
  
  
• all chapters and features of the book, including forms and precedents, brought current to December 1, 2014

CLEBC Legal Editor
Jonathan M. Vogt
jvogt@cle.bc.ca