15-11-202 PETITION AND NOTICE.

TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 11

TEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS

PART 2.

TEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN CONSERVATORSHIPS

15-11-202. Petition and notice. (1) The petition for temporary recognition of a foreign conservatorship shall be filed in the court where the protected person or the protected person’s property is located.

(2) The petition shall include the following:

(a) A certified copy of the foreign conservatorship order including:

(i) All attachments describing the duties and powers of the conservator; and

(ii) All amendments or modifications to the foreign conservatorship order entered subsequent to the original order;

(b) The address of the foreign court from which the conservatorship order was issued;

(c) The name of the judicial officer who authorized the foreign conservatorship;

(d) An explanation of the need for temporary recognition of the foreign conservatorship at this time; and

(e) A general statement of the protected person’s property located in this state and its estimated value.

(3) Notice of the petition for temporary recognition of a foreign conservatorship shall be given to the foreign court from which the conservatorship orders were issued. Failure to give the foreign court notice of the petition for temporary recognition of a foreign conservatorship precludes the court from granting the petition.