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Volunteers are going Canvassing North Nashville homes and businesses to raise awareness about an alarming statistic. According to the Metro Health Department, nearly 1 out of every 150 babies born will die before their first birthday in Davidson County. Music City Healthy Start and the Metro Health Department are working to educate North Nashville parents about what what they can do to improve infant death rates. On Friday butterflies were released at Bicentennial Mall in memory of the last 100 infants to die in Davidson County.
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Updated conservatorship statute effective July 1
May 21, 2013 12:49 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law revisions to the state conservatorship statute.

The law allows the court to appoint a conservator to manage the assets of a person a judge finds unable to handle his or her own affairs.

State Rep. Andrew Farmer, a Sevierville Republican, told The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1183hjy ) the intent of the bill he sponsored in the House is to make sure people aren't being taken advantage of.

The bill sprang from a series of hearings statewide by the Tennessee Bar Association. They revealed there were no uniform procedures for placing a person's assets under a conservator on an emergency basis.

The changes take effect July 1.

Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com

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