Procedure when recipient is minor.

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(2) The court shall conduct a hearing to determine the sum that will be needed by the minor and at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, the clerk of the court shall notify the conservator of the minor’s estate, the department or the authority and the person who filed the petition, if the person is someone other than the guardian or the conservator of the minor’s estate, of the date on which the hearing will be held. At the hearing any interested person as well as witnesses for the minor and for the department or the authority may testify on the question before the court. Upon reaching a decision, the court shall issue an order setting forth the decision and the clerk of the court shall enter the order in an appropriate record book. The clerk shall also send a copy of the order to the guardian or the conservator of the minor’s estate, the person who filed the petition if the person is someone other than the guardian or the conservator of the minor’s estate, the department or the authority and to each person or public body, agency or commission liable to the minor under the judgment, settlement or compromise. [Formerly 411.568; 1973 c.823 §131; 2001 c.600 §9; 2009 c.595 §353]


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