Polk Law Blog

The Ledger is running a story this morning about the arrest of an individual accused of stealing about $200,000 from an elderly woman she was hired to care for. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon occurrence in Polk County. I have been involved in dozens of contested guardianship proceedings and many of them were instituted [...]

On Sept. 9, Chief Judge Langford ordered that the guardianship education video, which was previously available for rental from the Clerk of Court, now must be purchased for $75.00 (non-rerfundable). Peviously, the video was obtained with a deposit which was refunded when the video was returned. Watching the video is required by statute if one [...]