Spokane County marks 25 years of protecting vulnerable individuals

The people associated with Spokane County’s Guardianship Monitoring Program recently marked the program’s 25-year anniversary.

“We have about 2,200 people who are subject to either guardianship or conservatorship or both,” said Superior Court Judge Rachelle Anderson, who presided over the celebration.

“That means that 2,200 people in Spokane have been determined to not be able to make decisions for themselves, whether it be decisions about where they’re living or their medical decisions or financial decisions. So they are subject to court orders that have assigned a person to make the decisions for them.”…

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