Released 2025

Training Description: Welcome! Guardianship cases often come with a unique set of challenges: important fundamental rights are at stake, litigants are frequently self-represented, and guardianship philosophy and law have shifted dramatically in recent years.

This training series is designed to help you navigate your guardianship docket. This module, “A Judicial View of Guardianship,” highlights important issues and information that forms the judicial lens you will apply to guardianship cases.

Who Should Attend: Judges, Attorneys, and Court Staff

Continuing Education: Please email your completed COA (Certificate of Attendance) to the Distance Education Program (distanceeducationprogram@nvcourts.nv.gov) upon course completion, required for acknowledgement and proof of attendance. 

This module is part of a series of six learning modules for Nevada judges concerning adult guardianship. While each module stands on its own for a particular topic, the modules build on each other. You are encouraged to view all six modules for a broad overview of guardianship matters in Nevada.

Released 2025

Training Description: This module covers the importance of determining whether less restrictive alternatives to guardianship apply to a proposed protected party. Less restrictive alternatives (LRAs) enable the proposed protected party to maintain as much independence and autonomy as possible given their needs and their retained abilities. LRAs include powers of attorney, representative payee arrangements, and supported decision-making, among others.  

Who Should Attend: Judges, Attorneys, and Court Staff

Continuing Education: Please email your completed COA (Certificate of Attendance) to the Distance Education Program (distanceeducationprogram@nvcourts.nv.gov) upon course completion, required for acknowledgement and proof of attendance. 

This module is part of a series of six learning modules for Nevada judges concerning adult guardianship. While each module stands on its own for a particular topic, the modules build on each other. You are encouraged to view all six modules for a broad overview of guardianship matters in Nevada.

Released 2025

Training Description: A range of adults may be involved in guardianship proceedings. Some face guardianship as they grow older because family members think that they are no longer capable of taking responsibility for themselves. Others face guardianship because they reach adulthood and their parents can no longer make legal decisions for them. Thousands of Americans face the possibility of guardianship due to neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., dementias), falls, traumatic brain injuries, and other causes of physical or mental injury. Regardless of the type of guardianship case, the same standard applies – an inquiry regarding capacity, retained abilities, and least restrictive alternatives must occur.

Who Should Attend: Judges, Attorneys, and Court Staff

Continuing Education: Please email your completed COA (Certificate of Attendance) to the Distance Education Program (distanceeducationprogram@nvcourts.nv.gov) upon course completion, required for acknowledgement and proof of attendance. 

This module is part of a series of six learning modules for Nevada judges concerning adult guardianship. While each module stands on its own for a particular topic, the modules build on each other. You are encouraged to view all six modules for a broad overview of guardianship matters in Nevada.

Released 2025

Training Description: This module covers the duties and authorities of guardians and the process for obtaining guardianship in Nevada, as governed by NRS Chapter 159 and the Nevada Supreme Court Statewide Rules on Guardianship. The module also covers best practices from the National Guardianship Association and the National Probate Court Standards. Judges will learn the importance of becoming familiar with the Protected Persons Bill of Rights and being clear about the roles, rights, and duties of all participants in the guardianship process, including those of the protected or proposed protected persons, protected persons' counsel, guardians ad litem, petitioners, guardians, and the court. The module also stresses the importance of understanding that guardianship represents a serious deprivation of a person's rights; judges should use strategies such as tailored orders and less restrictive alternatives to guardianship where feasible. Lastly, judges will learn how to deploy mandatory and discretionary judicial safeguards to avoid abuse, neglect, exploitation, and unnecessary restriction of a protected persons' autonomy 

Who Should Attend: Judges, Attorneys, and Court Staff

Continuing Education: Please email your completed COA (Certificate of Attendance) to the Distance Education Program (distanceeducationprogram@nvcourts.nv.gov) upon course completion, required for acknowledgement and proof of attendance. 

This module is part of a series of six learning modules for Nevada judges concerning adult guardianship. While each module stands on its own for a particular topic, the modules build on each other. You are encouraged to view all six modules for a broad overview of guardianship matters in Nevada.

Released 2025

Training Description: Guardianship is a substantial deprivation of the protected person’s autonomy and legal rights. Because of this, the court has an ongoing responsibility to ensure that the guardian “stepping into the shoes” of the protected person carries out this important function ethically and in accordance with the law, and to modify or terminate a guardianship that is no longer meeting the protected person’s needs. In this module, you will learn the importance of: 

• Educating and supporting guardians and protected persons, ensuring the availability of supportive resources where possible 

• Knowing how to recognize and address abuse, neglect, isolation and abandonment 

• Enforcing orders and taking action to hold guardians accountable when they are noncompliant with reporting requirements or other duties  

• Carefully reviewing annual filings and proactively addressing any red flags 

• Developing internal systems to assist and enhance guardianship monitoring efforts

Who Should Attend: Judges, Attorneys, and Court Staff

Continuing Education: Please email your completed COA (Certificate of Attendance) to the Distance Education Program (distanceeducationprogram@nvcourts.nv.gov) upon course completion, required for acknowledgement and proof of attendance. 

This module is part of a series of six learning modules for Nevada judges concerning adult guardianship. While each module stands on its own for a particular topic, the modules build on each other. You are encouraged to view all six modules for a broad overview of guardianship matters in Nevada.

Released 2025

Training Description: Guardianship is often referred to as a “civil death” because of its far-reaching impact to the protected person’s autonomy and fundamental rights.  Courts play an important role in ensuring that guardianship remains in place only when necessary by monitoring existing guardianships and modifying or terminating them when appropriate.

Who Should Attend: Judges, Attorneys, and Court Staff

Continuing Education: Please email your completed COA (Certificate of Attendance) to the Distance Education Program (distanceeducationprogram@nvcourts.nv.gov) upon course completion, required for acknowledgement and proof of attendance. 

This module is part of a series of six learning modules for Nevada judges concerning adult guardianship. While each module stands on its own for a particular topic, the modules build on each other. You are encouraged to view all six modules for a broad overview of guardianship matters in Nevada.