Role of Minnesota Guardians in End of Life Decision-Making

Join us for breakfast and CLE on Friday, December 21 for "The Role of Guardians in End of Life Decision-Making: Reflections on the Tschumy Decision and its Implications for Guardians and Health Care Providers."  The expert panel will be

• The Honorable Jay Quam, Hennepin County District Court


• Rebecca Egge Moos, Bassford Remele


• Robert McLeod, Lindquist & Vennum PLLP


• Charles W. Singer, Attorney at Law  

Guardians play extremely important roles within our legal system, and are granted wide ranging authority under Minnesota law, including the legal authority to provide or withhold consent for medical care for an individual under guardianship. How far should this authority extend? 



The important question of whether a guardian’s authority extends to end-of-life decisions was recently considered in In re the Guardianship of Tschumy, where the court held that a guardian does not have the power to make a decision to terminate life support. The decision, which is now on appeal, presents important and difficult questions for attorneys, guardians and health care providers alike.