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HF 166 House Long Description

hf166FIRST ENGROSSMENTUniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings act adopted.ARTICLE 1�ADOPTION OF UNIFORM GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS+ ACTSection 1: Title provided.Sec. 2: Related terms defined.Sec. 3: Supplemental general principles of law made applicable.Sec. 4: Money transfer procedures involving minors provided.Sec. 5: Jurisdiction applicability defined.Sec. 6: Jurisdiction transfer guidelines and procedures established.Sec. 7: Venue for guardianship and protective proceedings clarified.Sec. 8: Civil procedure rules made applicable.Sec. 9: Letters of guardianship issue upon guardian's filing of +acceptance of office required.Sec. 10: Submission to jurisdiction of the court by guardian or +conservator upon acceptance of appointment required.Sec. 11: Termination of or change in guardian's or conservator's +appointment procedures established.Sec. 12: Notice of a hearing on a petition required and procedures established.Sec. 13: Waiver of notice allowed.Sec. 14: Guardian ad litem appointment authorized.Sec. 15: Most recent appointment granted control.Sec. 16: Background study required and exceptions provided.Sec. 17: Appointment and status of guardian defined.Sec. 18: Parental appointment of guardian allowed.Sec. 19: Objection by minor or others to parental appointment +termination allowed.Sec. 20: Judicial appointment of guardian conditions for appointment established.Sec. 21: Judicial appointment of guardian procedure established.Sec. 22: Judicial appointment of guardian priority of minor's +nominee established.Sec. 23: Powers and duties of guardian defined.Sec. 24: Rights and immunities of guardian defined.Sec. 25: Termination of guardianship conditions defined.Sec. 26: Delegation of power by parent or guardian conditions +established.Sec. 27: Appointment and status of guardian of incapacitated person +procedure established.Sec. 28: Appointment of guardian by will or other writing conditions+ defined.Sec. 29: Judicial appointment of guardian petition format provided.Sec. 30: Judicial appointment of guardian preliminaries to hearing +defined.Sec. 31: Judicial appointment of guardian presence and rights at +hearing defined.Sec. 32: Notice format and procedure established.Sec. 33: Guardian priorities established.Sec. 34: Order of appointment clarified.Sec. 35: Emergency guardian procedure established.Sec. 36: Temporary substitute guardian conditions defined.Sec. 37: Powers and duties of guardian defined.Sec. 38: Rights and immunity limitations of guardian defined.Sec. 39: Monitoring reports of guardianship required.Sec. 40: Termination or modification of guardianship conditions +defined.Sec. 41: Protective proceeding procedure provided.Sec. 42: Jurisdiction over business affairs of protected person +established.Sec. 43: Original petition for appointment or protective order +required.Sec. 44: Notice format and procedure provided.Sec. 45: Original petition preliminaries to hearing conditions +established.Sec. 46: Original petition preliminaries to hearing regarding +persons under disability conditions established.Sec. 47: Original petition procedure hearing provided.Sec. 48: Order of appointment established.Sec. 49: Powers of court defined.Sec. 50: Court approval required.Sec. 51: Protective arrangements and single transactions provided.Sec. 52: Conservator priorities established.Sec. 53: Petition for order subsequent to appointment procedure +established.Sec. 54: Bond provision requirement authorized.Sec. 55: Terms and requirements of bond established.Sec. 56: General powers and duties of conservator established.Sec. 57: Powers and duties of conservator regarding real property +established.Sec. 58: Records inventory requirements established.Sec. 59: Monitoring appointment of visitor reports required.Sec. 60: Title after appointment procedure provided.Sec. 61: Protected person's interest made nonalienable.Sec. 62: Sale, encumbrance, or other transaction involving conflict +of interest provisions established.Sec. 63: Protection of person dealing with conservator provided.Sec. 64: Delegation defined.Sec. 65: Principles of distribution by conservator defined.Sec. 66: Death of protected person action conditions provided.Sec. 67: Claims against protected person procedure established.Sec. 68: Personal liability of conservator defined.Sec. 69: Termination of proceedings procedure established.Sec. 70: Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign +conservator without local proceeding authorized.Sec. 71: Foreign conservator proof of authority required, bonding +authorized, and powers defined.Sec. 72: Workers' compensation proceedings regarding guardian and conservatorship established.Sec. 73: Compensation and expense regulations established.ARTICLE 2�CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONSection 1: Power of a guardian to revoke appointment of health care +agent provided.Sec. 2: Persons under guardianship of a person in which the court +order provides that the ward does not retain the right to vote made +ineligible to vote.Sec. 3: Conforming change.Sec. 4: Conforming change.Sec. 5: Protected person's real property conveyance prohibited +except by court approval.Sec. 6: Validity of homestead conveyance only valid if each spouse +or representative of each spouse joins in the conveyance.Sec. 7: Personal representative appointment priority modified.Sec. 8: Repealer.Sec. 9: Transition provisions established.AE