Utah Guardianship Law Again Targeted by Disability Rights Group

A Utah disability rights group is continuing its fight against a state guardianship law designed for people with “severe” mental disabilities that the group says strips them of legal rights and protections.

Disability Law Center says the guardianship system implemented in July—a separate system from regular guardianships—allows state residents with significant intellectual disabilities to be “funneled in many cases into a system where the opportunity to mount a defense to a guardianship petition all but vanishes.”

The lawsuit, filed Monday in the US District Court for the District of Utah, comes five months after another DLC complaint that raised ...