Consent to guardianship not permitted.

  1. Law
  2. New Mexico Statutes
  3. Uniform Probate Code
  4. Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property
  5. GUARDIANS OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS
  6. Consent to guardianship not permitted.

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An alleged incapacitated person shall not be permitted by the court to consent to the appointment of a guardian. All the procedural safeguards contained in Chapter 45, Article 5 NMSA 1978 pursuant to the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person shall apply in every guardianship proceeding.

History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-317, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 252, § 15.

ANNOTATIONS

Compiler's notes. — This section was enacted as 45-5-317 NMSA 1978 by Laws 1989, ch. 252, § 14, but was redesignated by the compiler as 45-5-315 NMSA 1978.


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