15-9-104 HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIP.

TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 9

FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS

PART 1.

RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIP

15-9-104. Hearing on the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship. (1) On motion by the ward, by any person named in the petition, or by any other interested person, or on the court’s own motion, the court shall hold a hearing to consider the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship.

(2) If the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship includes a request to modify the provisions of the guardianship, the court shall hold a hearing to consider the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship.

(3) All procedural rights associated with a guardianship hearing before the court shall be observed for any hearings on the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship.

(4) If any interested person receiving notice of the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship challenges the validity of the foreign guardianship or the authority of the foreign court to appoint the guardian, the court may stay this proceeding while the petitioner is afforded the opportunity to have the foreign court hear the challenge and determine its merits.