15-9-204 HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A FOREIGN CONSERVATORSHIP.

TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 9

FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS

PART 2.

RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN CONSERVATORSHIP

15-9-204. Hearing on the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign conservatorship. (1) On motion by the protected person, by a 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 conservatorship.

(2) If the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign conservatorship 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 conservatorship.

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

(4) If any interested person receiving notice of the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign conservatorship challenges the validity of the foreign conservatorship or the authority of the foreign court to appoint the conservator, 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.