SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing appointment of guardian for minor. (BDR 13-396)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to guardianships; removing the authority of a court to appoint a guardian for certain minors without issuing a citation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 NRS 159.049 is hereby amended to read as follows:
159.049 The court may, without issuing a citation, appoint a guardian for the proposed ward if the:
1. Petitioner is a parent seeking appointment of a guardian for his minor child under 14 years of age who is in the lawful custody of the petitioner.
2. [Proposed ward is a minor 14 years of age or older and the petition is accompanied by the written consent of the minor or the minor consents in open court.
3.] Petitioner is a foreign guardian of a nonresident proposed ward, and the petition is accompanied by an authenticated copy of the record of his appointment and by evidence of existing authority of the foreign guardian.