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ID H0447
Bill
Status
3/19/2014
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee
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AI Summary
House Bill 447 Summary
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Revises guardian duties for minors and incapacitated persons, requiring annual court reports under oath regarding ward status and estate management.
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Establishes detailed conservator reporting requirements including inventory within 90 days of appointment, annual accountings, and final accounting upon termination, with specific documentation standards for receipts, expenses, and asset valuations.
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Allows courts to require conservators to submit to physical inspections of estates under their control and to impose fines up to $5,000 for substantial misstatements, gross impropriety, or willful failure to file required reports.
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Renames the "Pilot Guardianship and Conservatorship Project Fee Fund" to "Guardianship and Conservatorship Project Fund" and specifies it shall consist of filing fees, recovered moneys, and appropriated funds for pilot project development.
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Repeals Section 15-5-418 (inventory and records provisions) and adds authority for courts to require physical checks of conservator estates under Section 66-405 regarding developmental disability protective proceedings.
Legislative Description
Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions relating to certain duties of a guardian of a minor; to revise provisions relating to certain reporting requirements of a guardian of an incapacitated person; to provide for the collection, payment and deposit of certain moneys; to remove provisions relating to accounts and reports of certain conservators and guardians, to revise and establish provisions relating to reporting requirements for conservators; to rename a certain fund, to provide that the guardianship and conservatorship project fund shall consist of certain moneys; to revise provisions relating to certain duties of guardians and conservators and to grant the court the authority to require a conservator to submit to a physical check of the estate in his control.
PROTECTIONS OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2014 Session Law Chapter 164 Effective: 07/01/2014
3/19/2014