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Help Us Help You
By: Dan Roberts / Roberts Rules
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If we don’t do it, who will?”
That was the response by my PILL (partner
in love and life) as to “why” The Vegas Voice will
be undertaking this 2024 initiative to once
again, protect readers from the “evils” of
guardianship.
As regular readers are aware, The Vegas
Voice has spent over eight years reporting
and investigating this issue. And while
reform laws were passed and a few bad guys
were sent to prison, the fact remains that
this problem is still out there.
While the private guardianship industry
may have been decimated, there are still
predators – namely the public guardian
and (sadly) family members only too happy
and willing (along with the lawyers, always
the lawyers) to place you and your assets in guardianship proceedings.
With Rana being shut out of continuing to serve on the Nevada
Guardianship Commission, make no mistake, attempts are being
made to circumvent those reforms.
Notwithstanding the above, one option remains as a bullet-proof
protection to avoid an unwanted and expensive guardianship – the
Guardianship Nomination form. This form, when completed and sent
to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Lockbox is the only way to guarantee
that nothing underhanded can happen to
you.
The Vegas Voice with the assistance and
cooperation of the listed “age-qualified”
communities will be holding four FREE
workshops/presentations for completing the
forms. For dates, times and locations, see
page 13.
For those that attend and want to
complete the Guardianship form, we will
provide AT NO CHARGE the following:
1. All information as to “how” and to
answer any questions you may have, and
2. The Guardianship Nomination form
and
3. The required 2 witnesses and,
4. Courtesy of and with our thanks to Eleanor Prior of Mobile
Notary Public FREE notary service, and
5. The Vegas Voice will even send your form to the Secretary of State.
The only thing you need is an ID for the notary, knowing the correct
information as to who you want (and their address) as your guardian,
and a pen. And if you don’t bring one, we will also supply the pens.
We will do everything for you except sign your name. Also
see an example of the guardianship form. This should give
you an idea of what info you need when you complete the
form.
On a personal note and giving credit to our “Guardian Gladiator”
I’m proud to boast that no other government agency, senior
organization and/or company or non-profit entity have worked so long
and hard to protect seniors from this terrifying nightmare. And by these
workshops, Rana’s mission continues.
“There’s only so much you can do Rana” I said in response to her
question as to what else can we do.
Rana Goodman at the
Nevada Guardianship
Commission.
What Do
You Think?
Do you agree with our
columnists? Did anyone get
you angry, make you think or
simply put a smile on your face?
Please tell us by forwarding
your comments, thoughts or
suggestions to Publisher Dan at:
dan@thevegasvoice.net.
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