633.566 Preference as to appointment of conservator.
The parents of a minor, or either of them, if qualified and suitable, shall be preferred over all others for appointment as conservator. Preference shall then be given to any person, if qualified and suitable, nominated as conservator for a minor child by a will executed by the parent having custody of a minor child, and any qualified and suitable person requested by a minor fourteen years of age or older, or by standby petition executed by a person having physical and legal custody of a minor. Subject to these preferences, the court shall appoint as conservator a qualified and suitable person who is willing to serve in that capacity.
[C51, §1491, 1492, 1495, 1498; R60, §2543, 2544, 2547, 2550; C73, §2241, 2242, 2244, 2249; C97, §3192, 3193, 3195; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12573, 12574, 12576; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §668.1, 668.2, 668.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.571]
94 Acts, ch 1153, §10; 2019 Acts, ch 57, §42 – 44
C2020, §633.566
Former §633.566 repealed by
2019 Acts, ch 57, §41
Section transferred from §633.571 in Code 2020 pursuant to directive in 2019 Acts, ch 57, §42
2019 amendments take effect January 1, 2020, and apply to guardianships and guardianship proceedings for adults and conservatorships and conservatorship proceedings for adults and minors established or pending before, on, or after that date;
2019 Acts, ch 57, §43, 44