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Don’t Be Fooled<br />
By: Rana Goodman / On My Soapbox<br />
For the six plus years, Publisher Dan and<br />
I have been conducting guardianship<br />
seminars across the Las <strong>Vegas</strong> Valley. During<br />
the course of the meetings, we are often approached by seniors with<br />
questions and their related experiences in dealing with the courts,<br />
lawyers etc.<br />
The name of one attorney comes up repeatedly in those complaints<br />
and questions. His name: David Bindrup.<br />
This attorney recently held one of his seminars; “Trust and<br />
Guardianship Laws” in my Sun City community. I received the<br />
following e-mail that very evening. With permission from its author<br />
I’d like to share it so that we can correct the misleading statements that<br />
were made.<br />
“In the course of his presentation, the man appeared to<br />
completely diss the idea of filing a Request to Nominate Guardian<br />
Form with the Nevada Lockbox.<br />
He went on to indicate that it could cost $2,000 to engage an<br />
attorney and have a District Court judge request the form from<br />
the lockbox, if it were needed. This appeared to me to be a “Fear<br />
Factor” to cause people to become his clients.<br />
He further appeared to favor having the Request to Nominate<br />
provision included in the Will/trust instead and indicated<br />
he would update Wills free of charge (as part of his Pro Bono<br />
work). He also indicated that something like 70% of the Request<br />
to Nominate<br />
Guardian<br />
f o r m s<br />
prepared were<br />
incorrectly<br />
completed/<br />
invalid.”<br />
These are<br />
the facts; When<br />
a guardianship<br />
nomination<br />
form is filed<br />
in the Nevada<br />
Governor Sisolak signs “Support<br />
Decision Making” into law.<br />
Secretary of State Lockbox, that office will send you a personal i.d. card.<br />
On that card is a number which will enable you to change/update your<br />
form at any time.<br />
Guardianship cases are heard in Family Court, not District Court.<br />
And as of the 2017 legislative session, the court clerk will check the<br />
lockbox when a court request for guardianship is filed. If you have<br />
already nominated your preference and filed it with the State, the case<br />
is over.<br />
It is also absolutely correct that your guardian preference can be<br />
included in your trust documents and many are. But let me ask you<br />
one question: How does the hearing judge know what’s in the trust?<br />
The guardianship nomination form is FREE; filing it is FREE and for<br />
the court to get a copy requires a quick phone call from the clerk to the<br />
office and it is sent. No lawyer needed.<br />
*Assembly Bill 480 SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING (SDM):<br />
I have written about this several times, but today we celebrate that the<br />
bill was signed into law by Governor Sisolak.<br />
As of July 20<strong>19</strong> no longer will seniors have to fear being conscripted<br />
into a forced guardianship. What they need to do is chose a person<br />
they trust to be their SDM and for them to sign a SDM agreement. This<br />
person will help the senior with any major decisions in their lives.<br />
The best part is that the senior remains in his/her home, still in<br />
control of everything they hold dear.<br />
You can contact Rana by email: Rana@thevegasvoice.net. Also<br />
check out her blog about life in Sun City Anthem at:<br />
Anthemtoday.com<br />
Congratulations Rana!<br />
Rana Goodman take<br />
her seat as newly elected<br />
Secretary of the Board<br />
of Directors at Sun City<br />
Anthem. Rana received the<br />
most votes in the recent<br />
Board of Director’s election.<br />
20<br />
June 20<strong>19</strong>
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