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Rep. Donahue introduces bill to unify guardianship process for adults with developmental disabilities
Summary
Representative Anne Donahue told the House Judiciary Committee she will introduce legislation to address what she called an inequity in Vermont guardianship law that treats adults with developmental disabilities differently depending on whether a private individual is available to serve as guardian.
Representative Anne Donahue of Northfield introduced a bill to the House Judiciary Committee to address differences between probate and family-division adult guardianship procedures for people with developmental disabilities.
The measure would either transfer all adult guardianship cases to the probate division so the same voluntary-guardianship process would apply regardless of whether a private guardian is available, or else amend the family-division statute to allow the same voluntary-guardianship option now available only in probate. "The basics of this bill are really to address a pretty significant inequity, injustice, really, in terms of self determination, of people with a developmental disability," Donahue said during the committee meeting.
Nut graf: Donahue said the distinction matters because probate…
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