BAEC Bulletin | New Year 2022 | 17
serves Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Wyoming, and Genesee Counties, at no cost to these communities. To learn more about the Family Guardian Support Project, or to make a direct referral, please contact Staff Attorney Bradley Loliger, who serves as the Family Guardian Support Project Director, at 716-853-
Leveraging this work conducted by CELJ’s Guardianship Unit, the Family Guardian Support Project provides one-on-one technical support to Family Guardians who encounter questions or concerns in their new roles. Once a problem for Family Guardians is identified, CELJ has several attorneys who are available to answer questions via telephone, or meet in person with Family Guardians to provide support and guidance to Family Guardians. From medical and placement decisions, to finances and health insurance options, the Family Guardian Support Project can go in-depth to explain language in the Court Order, and translate the powers from “legalese” to language that is easier for a lay-person to understand. As mentioned above, one of the most challenging tasks for a Family Guardian is the completion of their annual reports, in which every dollar of an incapacitated person’s monies must be accounted for, and reported to the Court each year. Thereafter, Family Guardians must submit these reports to the “Court Examiner,” who reviews them and then reports any discrepancies or issues. The Family Guardian Support Project can help guide Family Guardians through this process, and explain how to properly report all income and expenses. In addition to these individual consultations, we also deliver presentations to Family Guardians, attorneys, and other interested parties regarding the Article 81 Guardianship process and ways in which the Family Guardian Support Project can assist. The Family Guardianship Support Project seeks the support of both the bench and the bar to spread the word widely to make all court-appointed guardians aware of the Family Guardianship Support Project as a resource available to help Family Guardians thrive in their important roles. “From medical and placement decisions, to finances and health insurance options, the Family Guardian Support Project can explain and translate “legalese” to language that is easier to understand.”
3087 Ext. 220, or via email at bloliger@elderjusticeny.org. •
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