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26-2A-105
Section 26-2A-105 Findings; order of appointment. (a) The court shall exercise the authority
conferred in this division so as to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and
independence of the incapacitated person and make appointive and other orders only to the
extent necessitated by the incapacitated person's mental and adaptive limitations or other
conditions warranting the procedure. (b) The court may appoint a guardian as requested if
it is satisfied that the person for whom a guardian is sought is incapacitated and that the
appointment is necessary or desirable as a means of providing continuing care and supervision
of the person of the incapacitated person. The court, on appropriate findings, may (i) treat
the petition as one for a protective order under Section 26-2A-130 and proceed accordingly,
(ii) enter any other appropriate order, or (iii) dismiss the proceedings. (c) The court, at
the time of appointment or later, on its own motion or on appropriate petition or...
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education, or maintenance, but a guardian is not personally liable for the ward's expenses
and is not liable to third persons by reason of the relationship for acts of the ward. (b)
In particular and without qualifying the foregoing, a guardian shall: (1) Become or remain
personally acquainted with the ward and maintain sufficient contact with the ward to know
of the ward's capacities, limitations, needs, opportunities, and physical and mental health;
(2) Take reasonable care of the ward's personal effects and commence protective proceedings
if necessary to protect other property of the ward; (3) Apply any available money of the ward
to the ward's current needs for health, support, education, or maintenance; (4) Conserve any
excess money of the ward for the ward's future needs, but if a conservator has been appointed
for the estate of the ward, the guardian, at least quarterly, shall pay to the conservator
money of the ward to be conserved for the ward's future needs; and (5)...
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care to participate in activities that are age or developmentally appropriate for the child
based on a reasonable and prudent parent standard, provided the activities are consistent
with provisions of any existing court order, individualized service plan, or promulgated policy
of the department that provides guidance to caregivers concerning the reasonable and prudent
parent standard. The guidance shall include factors for the caregiver to consider prior to
allowing a child to participate in age or developmentally appropriate normal childhood activities.
(2) A caregiver shall be immune from liability in a civil action to recover damages for injury,
death, or loss to person or property that results from a caregiver's decisions using a reasonable
and prudent parent standard. This subsection shall not be construed to remove or limit any
existing liability protection provided by law. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18; Act 2010-712,
p. 1744, §13; Act 2016-129, p. 290, §1; Act 2018-273, §1.)...
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26-2A-102
Section 26-2A-102 Court appointment of guardian for incapacitated person. (a) Except as provided
by subsection (e), an incapacitated person or any person interested in the welfare of the
incapacitated person may petition for appointment of a limited or general guardian. (b) After
the filing of a petition, the court shall set a date for hearing on the issue of incapacity
so that notices may be given as required by Section 26-2A-103, and, unless the allegedly incapacitated
person is represented by counsel, appoint an attorney to represent the person in the proceeding.
The person so appointed may be granted the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. The person
alleged to be incapacitated shall be examined by a physician or other qualified person appointed
by the court who shall submit a report in writing to the court. The person alleged to be incapacitated
also shall be interviewed by a court representative sent by the court. The court representative
also shall interview the person who...
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26-2A-107
Section 26-2A-107 Emergency orders; temporary guardians. (a) If an incapacitated person has
no guardian, an emergency exists, and no other person appears to have authority to act in
the circumstances, on appropriate petition the court, without notice, may appoint a temporary
guardian whose authority may not extend beyond 30 days and who may exercise those powers granted
in the order. (b) If the appointed guardian is not effectively performing duties and the court
further finds that the welfare of the incapacitated person requires immediate action, it may
appoint, with or without notice, a temporary guardian for the incapacitated person having
the powers of a general guardian for a specified period not to exceed six months. The authority
of any permanent guardian previously appointed by the court is suspended as long as a temporary
guardian has authority. (c) The court may remove a temporary guardian at any time. A temporary
guardian shall make any report and comply with any conditions...
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26-2A-110
Section 26-2A-110 Removal or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity. (a) On petition
of the ward or any person interested in the ward's welfare, or on its own motion, the court,
after hearing, may remove a guardian if to do so is in the best interest of the ward. On petition
of the guardian, the court, after hearing, may accept a resignation. (b) An order adjudicating
incapacity may specify a minimum period, not exceeding one year, during which a petition for
an adjudication that the ward is no longer incapacitated may not be filed without special
leave. Subject to that restriction, the ward or any person interested in the welfare of the
ward may petition for an order that the ward is no longer incapacitated and for termination
of the guardianship. A request for an order may also be made informally to the court and any
person who knowingly interferes with transmission of the request may be adjudged guilty of
contempt of court. (c) Upon removal, resignation, or death of the...
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26-2B-203
Section 26-2B-203 Jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian
or issue a protective order for a respondent if: (1) this state is the respondent's home state;
(2) on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and: (A)
the respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home state has declined
to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or (B) the respondent
has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that
state or another significant-connection state and before the court makes the appointment or
issues the order: (i) a petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's
home state; (ii) an objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required
to be notified of the proceeding; and (iii) the court in this state concludes that it is an
appropriate forum under the factors set forth in Section...
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arrangement where appropriate. (e) Any record of the department or other agency pertaining
to such a person shall not be open for public inspection. Information in a record shall not
be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to identify individuals, but may be made available
on application for cause to persons approved by the commissioner of the department or by the
court. (f) Placement may be made in an appropriate alternative living arrangement such as
a licensed nursing home, licensed personal care facility, or approved foster care home.
No person shall be committed to a mental health facility under this chapter. A court may enter
orders granting the department additional time to locate an appropriate licensed facility
in which to place a person living in an unlicensed facility. (g) If the person is eligible
for the adult services program of the department, usual department policies shall be followed
in regard to fees or payments, or both. If the person's income or resources, or...
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shall consider recommendations relating to the appropriate standard of support, education,
and benefit for the protected person or dependents made by a parent or guardian, if any. The
conservator may not be surcharged for sums paid to persons or organizations furnishing support,
education, or maintenance to the protected person or a dependent pursuant to the recommendations
of a parent or guardian of the protected person unless the conservator knows that the parent
or guardian derives personal financial benefit therefrom, including relief from any
personal duty of support, or the recommendations are clearly not in the best interest
of the protected person. (2) The conservator shall expend or distribute sums reasonably necessary
for the health, support, education, or maintenance of the protected person and dependents
with due regard to (i) the size of the estate, the probable duration of the conservatorship,
and the likelihood that the protected person, at some future time, may be...
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be conferred without the necessity of the same being invoked in any estate proceeding and may
be exercised at the discretion of the court. (b)(1) That the judges of the probate courts
shall have the same powers and authority which judges of the circuit courts of this state
have in connection with the administration of estates in the circuit courts, including, but
not limited to, the authority to (i) grant private sales of property, (ii) determine title
and/or ownership of assets, real, personal, or mixed, (iii) authorize, order, and direct
paternity testing where there is a question concerning a parent-child relationship, and (iv)
determine heirship. (2) That the chief clerks of the probate courts, appointed pursuant to
statute, shall have the same powers and authority and may do all acts and things and perform
all other duties ministerial and judicial, where there is no contest, that the probate judges
may do and perform under this section. (c) That all laws of pleading and...
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