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Re: Privacy question
In the particular case referenced, there is no legal privacy issue: He's dead. It is quite settled that in the US legal privacy does not extend post-mortem.
As to the issue of a guardianship, that would be a matter of public record.
It is a common practice with records such as these to make them available on proof of the death of the individual concerned. It is also common to set a time period (70 years or more) after which there will be a presumption that individuals are dead and the records are open.
R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, C.A.
Archives and Records Administrator
Office of the City Clerk
City Archives and Records Division
240 Water St
Henderson, NV 89015
702-568-8334
jai@gty.ci.henderson.nv.us
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