159.185 - Conditions.
159.185 Conditions. The court may remove a guardian if the court determines that:
1. The guardian has become mentally incompetent, unsuitable or otherwise incapable of exercising the authority and performing the duties of a guardian as provided by law;
2. The guardian is no longer qualified to act as a guardian pursuant to NRS 159.059;
3. The guardian has filed for bankruptcy within the previous 5 years;
4. The guardian of the estate has mismanaged the estate of the ward;
5. The guardian has negligently failed to perform any duty as provided by law or by any order of the court and:
(a) The negligence resulted in injury to the ward or the estate of the ward; or
(b) There was a substantial likelihood that the negligence would result in injury to the ward or the estate of the ward;
6. The guardian has intentionally failed to perform any duty as provided by law or by any lawful order of the court, regardless of injury;
7. The best interests of the ward will be served by the appointment of another person as guardian; or
8. The guardian is a private professional guardian who is no longer qualified as a private professional guardian pursuant to NRS 159.0595.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 432; A 2003, 1798; 2005, 819)