Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: HF0166

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