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Adult Public Guardianship Review Board
Meetings
- Afternoon meetings, typically lasting a few hours
- Biannually in April and October
- 207 S. 3rd Street
Denton, MD 21629
Members
Name | Role | Type | Term | Term Start |
Term End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelly Callahan | Member | Nonprofit Organization |
Fourth | 3/1/05 | 2/28/17 |
Dale Oberander | Member |
Local Department | Fourth |
3/1/08 | 4/17/20 |
Walter Palmer, III | Member |
Lawyer | Third | 3/1/08 | 2/28/17 |
Vacant |
Member |
Psychiatrist | |||
Linda Spear, RN | Member |
Public Health Nurse | Second | 12/1/08 | 6/30/18 |
Vacant |
Member |
Physician | |||
Joann Staples | Member |
Private Citizen |
Third | 3/1/08 | 4/17/20 |
Berl Lovelace |
Member | Private Citizen |
Third |
4/18/17 | 4/17/20 |
Donna Dear |
Member |
Person with Disability |
Second |
4/18/17 |
4/17/20 |
Joy Patchett |
Member |
Disabilities Professional |
Second |
4/18/17 |
4/17/20 |
Composition
The board consists of the following 11 members:- One shall be a lawyer
- One shall be a person with a physical disability
- One shall be a professional in the field of disabilities
- One shall be a professional representative of a local nonprofit social service organization
- One shall be a professional representative of a local department
- One shall be a public health nurse
- One shall be a representative of a local commission on aging
- Two shall be lay individuals
- Two shall be physicians, including one psychiatrist from a local health department
Election
Candidates will be gathered with dual efforts of the Board Liaison and the Commissioners Office before submitting names for the commissioners approval.
Term of Office
The term of a member is three years. At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies. A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.Charge / Authority
(Maryland Code, Family Law Article § 14-401)The Adult Public Guardianship Review Board shall regularly review each guardianship that a public agency holds in order to recommend the guardianship be continued, modified or terminated.
Customer Attorneys
Jenning & Treff
(Jennifer Treff / Sharon Jennings)109 S. Second St.
Denton, MD 21629
Ph: 410-479-2800
Fx: 410-822-2801
Mary Sellers
Upper Shore Aging, Inc.100 Schauber Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
Ph: 410-778-7180
Cell: 410-778-6000
Osvaldina Daly
Caroline County DSSP.O. Box 100
Denton, MD 21629
Ph: 410-819-4500
Sharon Donahue
Attorney11724 Ocean City Gateway #3
Ocean City, MD 21842
Ph: 410-208-9999
Dotsey Matey
Caroline County DSSP.O. Box 100
Denton, MD 21629
Ph: 410-819-4962
Contact Us
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Dotsey Matey
Caroline County DSS
Email
P.O. Box 400
Denton, MD 21629
Ph: 410-819-4567