A guardianship compliance manager has been
appointed to head the Nevada Guardianship Compliance Office, whose
creation is due to legislation that took effect on the first of the
year.
The Supreme Court of Nevada,
Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), has hired Kathleen McCloskey
to lead the newly created office.
McCloskey,
formally with the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division, will
make it her focus to hire an investigator and a forensic financial
specialist to support Nevada's district courts in the administration of
guardianship cases.
Other priorities
include the development of a toll-free hotline and assisting the
Permanent Guardianship Commission in the formulation of state rules and
forms for guardianship cases.
"I
am honored to be appointed as the Guardianship Compliance Manager.
People under guardianship are some of our most vulnerable citizens and I
am excited to build an office that will be supportive to all of our
district courts in the administration and oversight of guardianships, as
well as provide essential services that will support and protect the
rights of individuals under guardianships."
McCloskey
brings 20 years of experience developing comprehensive compliance
systems in both the fields of intellectual disability and aging service
systems in the states of Maine and Nevada. She received her bachelor's
in sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and her
master's in sociology from the University of Nevada, Reno.
The Commission to Study the Administration
of Guardianships in Nevada's Courts proposed seven major reforms,
including the Nevada Guardianship Compliance Office, resulting in five
bills approved in the Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
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New hire to help establish Nevada Guardianship Compliance Office
Kathleen McCloskey needs to spend time with actual guardianship wards so she can see first hand.
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