The presentation will focus on the professional fiduciaries’ risks in representing clients who have diminished capacity, mental and/or physical limitations. 1.0 CEUs are awarded for this course.
Rattlesnakes are known to strike quickly, without warning, and cause fatal and near fatal injuries. For the unwary fiduciary, ethical mistakes can happen without warning and be fatal to their career.
A comprehensive presentation setting forth the financial standard of care for the various fiduciary roles of trustee, conservator, power of attorney, and administrator of decedent’s estate.
Ethical canons expressly require professional fiduciaries make decisions about “best interests” through the prism of their clients’ known ethnic, religious, social, and cultural values.
The panelists will provide an in-depth analysis of the statutes and case law defining the fiduciary’s ethical duty of neutrality depending on the circumstances.