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26-2A-156
Section 26-2A-156 Claims against protected person; enforcement. (a) A conservator may pay or
secure from the estate claims against the estate or against the protected person arising before
or after the conservatorship upon their presentation and allowance in accordance with the
priorities stated in subsection (d). A claim may be presented by either of the following methods:
(1) The claimant may deliver or mail to the conservator a written statement of the claim indicating
its basis, the name and mailing address of the claimant, and the amount claimed; or (2) The
claimant may file a written statement of the claim, in the form prescribed by rules of the
court, with the clerk of court and deliver or mail a copy of the statement to the conservator.
(b) A claim is deemed presented on the first to occur of receipt of the written statement
of claim by the conservator or the filing of the claim with the court. A presented claim is
presumed to be disallowed if receipt of the claim is not...
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26-2A-20
Section 26-2A-20 General definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
CLAIMS. In respect of a protected person, includes liabilities of the protected person, whether
arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, and liabilities of the estate which arise at or after
the appointment of a conservator, including expenses of administration. (2) CONSERVATOR. A
person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person and includes
a limited conservator described in Section 26-2A-148(a). (3) COURT. A probate court of this
state. (4) COURT REPRESENTATIVE. A person appointed in a guardianship or protective proceeding
who is trained in law, nursing, or social work, is an officer, employee, or special appointee
of the court, and has no personal interest in the proceeding. (5) DISABILITY. Cause for a
protective order as described in Section 26-2A-130. (6) ESTATE. Includes...
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26-2A-152
Section 26-2A-152 Powers of conservator in administration. (a) Subject to limitation provided
in Section 26-2A-154, a conservator shall have all of the powers conferred in this section
and any additional powers now or hereafter conferred by law on trustees in this state. In
addition, a conservator of the estate of an unmarried minor as to whom no one has parental
rights, has the powers of a guardian of a minor described in Section 26-2A-78 until the minor
attains the age of 19 years, or the disabilities of nonage have been removed, but the parental
rights so conferred on a conservator do not preclude appointment of a guardian as provided
in Division 1 of this article. (b) A conservator without court authorization or confirmation
may invest and reinvest funds of the estate as would a trustee. (c) A conservator, acting
as a fiduciary in efforts to accomplish the purpose of the appointment, may act without court
authorization or confirmation, to (1) Collect, hold, and retain assets of the...
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26-2A-139
Section 26-2A-139 Bond. (a) The court must require a conservator to furnish a bond payable
to the judge of probate conditioned upon faithful discharge of all duties of the trust according
to law, with sureties as it shall specify. Unless otherwise directed, the bond must be in
the amount of the aggregate capital value of the property of the estate in the conservator's
control, plus one year's estimated income, and minus the value of securities deposited under
arrangements requiring an order of the court for their removal and the value of any land which
the fiduciary, pursuant to Section 26-2A-152(d), lacks power to sell or convey without court
authorization. The court, in lieu of sureties on a bond, may accept other collateral for the
performance of the bond, including a pledge of securities or any other assets or a mortgage
of land. (b) The court may at any time reduce the bond of the conservator or require the conservator
to provide additional or larger bond as may seem to be proper...
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26-2A-138
Section 26-2A-138 Who may be appointed conservator; priorities. (a) The court may appoint an
individual or a corporation with general power to serve as trustee or conservator of the estate
of a protected person. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the
order listed: (1) A conservator, guardian of property, or other like fiduciary appointed or
recognized by an appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person
resides; (2) An individual or corporation nominated by the protected person who is 14 or more
years of age and of sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice; (3) An attorney-in-fact
under a valid durable power of attorney previously executed by the protected person and giving
the attorney-in-fact reasonably broad powers over the property of the protected person; (4)
The spouse of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a deceased spouse
to whom the protected person was married at the decedent's death...
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26-2A-153
Section 26-2A-153 Distributive duties and powers of conservator. (a) A conservator may expend
or distribute income or principal of the estate without court authorization or confirmation
for the health, support, education, or maintenance of the protected person and dependents
in accordance with the following principles: (1) The conservator 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...
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26-2A-158
Section 26-2A-158 Termination of proceedings. (a) The protected person, conservator, or any
other interested person may petition the court to terminate the conservatorship. A protected
person seeking termination is entitled to the same rights and procedures as in an original
proceeding for a protective order. If the conservator has accounted to the formerly protected
person, no accounting is necessary. The court, upon determining after notice and hearing that
the minority or disability of the protected person has ceased, shall terminate the conservatorship.
Upon termination, title to assets of the estate passes to the formerly protected person or
to successors. The order of termination must provide for expenses of administration and direct
the conservator to execute appropriate instruments to evidence the transfer. (b) A conservator
appointed by any court of this state, on termination or removal of the protected person's
minority or disability, may present a verified petition to the...
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26-2B-302
Section 26-2B-302 Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state.
(a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred to this state under
provisions similar to Section 26-2B-301, the guardian or conservator must petition the court
in this state to accept the guardianship or conservatorship. The petition must include the
following: (1) a certified copy of the other state's provisional order of transfer; (2) an
inventory of the protected person's estate as of the date of the petition including certified
records of all bank accounts in the protected person's estate as of the date of the petition;
(3) proof of the conservator's bond; and (4) any final accounting of the protected person's
estate which has been submitted in the prior jurisdiction. If no such accounting was required
by the transferring court, the petitioner must prepare and submit an accounting prior to acceptance.
(b) Notice of a petition under subsection (a) must be given to...
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26-2A-136
Section 26-2A-136 Permissible court orders. (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred
in this division to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence of
a protected person and make protective orders only to the extent necessitated by the protected
person's mental and adaptive limitations and other conditions warranting the procedure. (b)
The court has the following powers that may be exercised directly or through a conservator
in respect to the estate and business affairs of a protected person: (1) While a petition
for appointment of a conservator or other protective order is pending and after preliminary
hearing and without notice, the court may preserve and apply the property of the person to
be protected as may be required for the support of the person or dependents of the person.
(2) After hearing and upon determining that a basis for an appointment or other protective
order exists with respect to a minor without other disability, the court has...
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26-2A-131
Section 26-2A-131 Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of business affairs of protected persons.
Subject to Section 26-2A-31, after the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the appointment
of a conservator or other protective order and until termination of the proceeding, the court
in which the petition is filed has: (1) Exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for a
conservator or other protective order until the proceedings are terminated; and (2) Exclusive
jurisdiction to determine how the estate of the protected person which is subject to the laws
of this state must be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected
person, the protected person's dependents, or other claimants. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p.
975, §2-302; Act 2010-500, p. 782, §2.)...
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