Thursday, April 26, 2012

TN House Passes Conservatorship Protections

In brief discussion before the 95-0 vote, Rep. Gary Odom, a Nashville Democrat, said the bill would require those petitioning to place someone in a conservatorship to disclose their relationship to the target of the petition and to disclose whether they had a criminal record.The bill already has passed the Senate and is expected to go to the governor later this week.Alexia Poe, spokeswoman for Gov. Bill Haslam, said that the governor would review the measure when and if it gets to his desk, but added that she expected he would sign it.She said she understood the bill’s sponsors worked with the state Department of Human Services in drafting the measure.Odom said the bill would give judges key information about the motives of the petitioners and conservators.He said that still further protections are needed and those will be the focus of a study before the next legislative session.

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TN House Votes Conservatorship Protections

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yet another bill that will do nothing because judges should already be questioning people's motives........keeping this nightmare in the States hands prevents the disabled cradle to grave from having rights. The disabled have different civil rights from state to state in American

Betty said...

Don't stop there, TN. This is just the beginning!

Connie said...

Right, Anonymous. Judges aren't doing their jobs and they're trying to throw the heat off of them.

Sue said...

I hope this isn't a feel good addition to the statutes thinking they've done their job.

How about the J U D G E ?

How about immunities, let's address these issues, the judge approves without hesitation all done in the best interest of:

T E A M P R O B A T E ! ! !

Get it?

This is rigged system by design = no win for we the people with mega $$$ win win win for: LAWYERS, Guardians, GAL's working in concert with a ring in the conservatorship racket including real estate, resale shops, auction houses and on and on and on.

StandUp said...

Good, but what about Mrs. Tinnon? What about the other cases - Tate, Franklin, Acree, Thurman???

What's the legislature going to do to fix what happened to them?

If they're passing legislation, then that's also confirming that these innocent people were screwed.

Friend said...

Inescapable conclusion: The concept of 'Judicial Immunity' must be re-examined, especially as applied to judges who are elected through political process. While statutes are binding on the public, judges actually have the right to overlook them - and there's nothing the public can do about it.