Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                         CHAPTER 51--S.F.No. 233
           An act relating to probate; requiring annual reports 
          on the personal well-being of wards or conservatees; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 525.58, by 
          adding a subdivision.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 525.58, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
    Subd. 4.  [ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON.] 
Except where expressly waived by the court, every guardian or 
conservator of the person shall annually file a report under 
oath with the court within 30 days of the anniversary date of 
the appointment of the guardian or conservator.  The report 
shall contain the guardian's or conservator's good faith 
evaluation of the following information for the preceding year:  
    (a) changes in the medical condition of the ward or 
conservatee;  
    (b) changes in the living conditions of the ward or 
conservatee;  
    (c) changes in the mental and emotional condition of the 
ward or conservatee;  
    (d) a listing of hospitalizations of the ward or 
conservatee; and 
    (e) if the ward or conservatee is institutionalized, an 
evaluation of the care and treatment received by the ward or 
conservatee.  
    The court or its designee shall annually review the court 
file to insure that the report has been filed and that the 
report contains the information required by this subdivision. 
If a report has not been filed or if the report does not contain 
the information required by this subdivision, the court shall 
order the guardian or conservator to file an appropriate report. 
    Approved April 22, 1983