SB0080 Summary

• Establishes new Section 11a-13.5 creating court-reviewed guardianship fee process requiring judges to consider powers assigned, necessity of services, time and difficulty required, ward's needs, and other material circumstances when approving guardian compensation.

• Allows courts to appoint co-guardians or separate individuals for guardianship of the person and estate if found in ward's best interests, with new requirements for considering co-guardians' history of cooperation.

• Adds requirements for public guardian succession: incoming public guardian may petition within 60 days for transfer of guardianships from outgoing guardian, with court considering 11 enumerated factors including ward's preference, relationship length, disability nature, and certification status.

• Makes guardian fee awards first-class administrative claims payable from guardianship or probate estate and adds power of attorney interaction provisions requiring agents seeking guardianship to identify specific additional powers needed beyond those in existing power of attorney.

• Changes various statutory references from singular "interest" to plural "interests" throughout probate guardianship sections and adds notice requirements for ward's adult children regarding hospital, hospice, and palliative care admission.