Disabilities Rights Center

The DRC works to end the overuse/abuse of substituted decision-making, including guardianship and the state's practices related to the use of conditional discharge.

 

Disabilities Rights Center Presents...Guardianship, in streaming video, with guests Judge David King, Administrative Judge for the New Hampshire Probate Courts, and Linda Mallon, Executive Director, Office of Public Guardian.

Guardianship: Your Legal Rights PDF Version Text Version

Rap Sheet: Whose Life is it Anyway? PDF Version Text Version

page last updated May 11, 2011

The Law:

• New Hampshire statutes related to guardianship: Title XLIV: Guardians and Conservators
• RSA 547-B, Public Guardianship and Protection Program
• NH Supreme Court decision, 2003, IN RE Guardianship of Jason Henderson. (word doc) In this case, the Supreme Court reversed the Probate Court order appointing a guardian because the court appointed attorney acted like a GAL rather than as an attorney representing the legal interests of the client.

Other Resources:

• Advance Care Planning Guide, on the Foundation for Healthy Communities website. Available in several languages.
• The Bazelon Center has information on Psychiatric Advance Directives
• Guardianship: Your Legal Rights PDF Version Text Version
• Guardianship: balancing liberty and protection, article published in Headway
• New Hampshire Probate Court, Home page
  • Guardianship information
  • Guardianship Forms
• Granite State Guardianship Services
• Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else, a New Hampshire Handbook
• National Guardianship Association
  • see esp. A Model Code of Ethics for Guardians
• National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives
• Office of Public Guardian