Section 464-A:43 Costs.
The costs incurred by the imposition of a guardianship or conservatorship pursuant to the procedures established in this chapter shall be distributed in the following manner:
I. Except in cases in which the petitioner filed the petition in bad faith, the court costs and fees for the counsel and resource person shall be borne by the proposed ward. In cases in which the petitioner acted in bad faith, he or she shall bear all costs of the proceeding.
II. If the proposed ward is indigent, the costs and fees of the proceeding shall be borne by the state.
III. The costs incurred in the petition for a conservatorship shall be paid by the estate of the conservatee.
Source. 1979, 370:1. 1987, 333:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.