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Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property

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Definitions and Inclusions

Facility of Payment or Delivery

Delegation of Powers by Parent or Guardian

Reserved

Venue

Appointment of Counsel; Guardian Ad Litem

Protection of Minors

Appointment and Status of Guardian of Minor

Parental or Guardian Appointment of Guardian for Minor

Objection by Minor Fourteen or Older to Parental Appointment

Court Appointment of Guardian of Minor; Conditions for Appointment; Temporary Guardian

Reserved

Procedure for Court Appointment of Guardian of Minor

Court Appointment of Guardian of Minor; Qualifications; Priority of Minor's Nominee

Bond; Consent to Service by Acceptance of Appointment; Notice

Powers, Duties, Rights and Immunities of Guardian of Minor; Limitations

Termination of Appointment of Guardian; General

Reserved

Resignation, Removal, and Other Post-Appointment Proceedings

Nomination of Guardian for Incapacitated Person by Will or Other Writing

Reserved

Procedure for Court Appointment of a Guardian of an Incapacitated Person

Notice in Guardianship or Conservatorship Proceeding

Who May Be Guardian; Parties

Findings; Order of Appointment

Substituted Judgment

Bond; Acceptance of Appointment; Consent to Jurisdiction

Emergency Orders; Temporary Guardians

Powers, Duties, Rights and Immunities of Guardians, Limitations

Termination of Guardianship for Incapacitated Person

Removal or Resignation of Guardian; Termination of Incapacity

Reserved

Religious Freedom of Incapacitated Person

Management of Estate

Protective Proceedings; Jurisdiction of Business Affairs of Protected Persons

Reserved

Original Petition for Appointment or Protective Order

Notice

Reserved

Findings; Order of Appointment; Permissible Court Orders

Protective Arrangements and Single Transactions Authorized

Who May Be Appointed Conservator; Penalties

Bond

Terms and Requirements of Bonds

Acceptance of Appointment; Consent to Jurisdiction

Emergency Orders; Temporary Conservators

Compensation and Expenses

Reserved

Petitions for Orders Subsequent to Appointment

General Duty of Conservator; Plan

Inventory and Records

Accounts

Conservators; Title by Appointment

Recording of Conservator's Letters

Sale, Encumbrance, or Transaction Involving Conflict of Interest Voidable; Exceptions

Persons Dealing With Conservators; Protection

Powers of Conservator in Administration

Delegation

Distributive Duties and Powers of Conservator

Enlargement or Limitation of Powers of Conservator

Preservation of Estate Plan; Right to Examine

Claims Against Protected Person

Personal Liability of Conservator

Removal or Resignation of Conservator; Termination of Disability; Termination of Proceedings

Payment of Debt and Delivery of Property to Foreign Conservator Without Local Proceedings

Foreign Conservator; Proof of Authority; Bond; Powers

Definition

Durable Power of Attorney Not Affected by Lapse of Time, Disability or Incapacity

Relation of Attorney in Fact to Court-Appointed Fiduciary

Power of Attorney Not Revoked Until Notice

Proof of Continuance of Durable and Other Powers of Attorney by Affidavit

Enforcement

Protection; Third Parties