City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0189R

• File #: 10-0189R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 231- Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/1/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/1/2010
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 231- Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act FOR the purpose of expressing support for Senate Bill 231, urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee to give the legislation a favorable report, and requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate Delegation to the 2010 Session of the Maryland General Assemble to secure passage of Senate Bill 231.
• Sponsors: Agnes Welch, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/1/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
2/1/2010	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
2/1/2010	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 231- Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

FOR the purpose of expressing support for Senate Bill 231, urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee to give the legislation a favorable report, and requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate Delegation to the 2010 Session of the Maryland General Assemble to secure passage of Senate Bill 231.
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Senate Bill 231, the Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act (the Act), addresses the issue of jurisdiction over adult guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective proceedings. The Act seeks to clarify jurisdiction and to provide a process for addressing dilemmas where more than one state is involved.

The ULC Quarterly Report, a March 2008 publication of the Uniform Law Commission, reported in response to the fact that there are more than 50 guardianship systems in the United States that the Act provides an effective mechanism for resolving multi-state jurisdictional disputes by providing specific guidelines to specify which court has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or conservator for an incapacitated adult. The objective is that only 1 state will have jurisdict...