ASNP Advisory Board Member Protects Client's Assets from Husband by Opposing Restoration of Her Competency

In a contested guardianship case involving ASNP Advisory Board Member A. Frank Johns, the North Carolina Court of Appeals finds that attorney Johns did not violate state ethics laws in opposing the ward's petition to restore competency because Johns was attempting to protect a large personal injury settlement from being controlled by the ward's husband. The court also upholds a trial court's award of attorneys fees. In the Matter of Janet Clark (N.C. Ct. App., No. COA08-1043, Feb. 2, 2010).

Texas Man With Special Needs Obtains Injunction Allowing In-Home Care to Continue

A U.S. district court grants a Texas Medicaid recipient with severe developmental disabilities' request for a a permanent injunction barring the state from terminating his community-based waiver services after experts testified that placing him in a state home would kill him. Knowles v. Horn (N.D. Tex., No. 3:08-CV-1492-K, Feb. 10, 2010).

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