The Probate and Family Court Department is seeking applications from persons wishing to receive appointments as Rogers Monitor in Rogers and Geriatric Rogers cases. Names of qualified applicants will be placed on lists maintained by the Court in accordance with Supreme Judicial Court Rule 1:07.

          An applicant must be an attorney with at least three years experience practicing in the Probate and Family Courts of Massachusetts, including cases involving guardianship and authority to administer antipsychotic medication to wards pursuant to G.L. c. 201, §§ 6(d), 6A(d), 14(a). Applicants must also be certified by the Committee for Public Counsel Services(CPCS) to accept appointments as counsel in Rogers cases. Applicants who are certified by CPCS to accept appointments in care and protection and termination of parental rights cases may indicate that they wish to accept appointments as Rogers Monitor for children.

          Applications will be available in the Registries of Probate and Probation Offices in ALL Divisions beginning on April 30, 2001, for the following category which is known as Category H :

 

Monitors--Rogers and Geriatric Rogers cases, GL c. 201, §§ 6(d), 6A(d), 14(a).

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. ON MAY 25, 2001