14-5410. Who may be appointed conservator;
priorities


A. The court may appoint an individual or a corporation, with general power to
serve as trustee, as conservator of the estate of a protected person subject to the
requirements of section 14-5106. The following are entitled to consideration for
appointment in the order listed:


1. A conservator, guardian of property or other like fiduciary appointed or
recognized by the appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected
person resides.


2. An individual or corporation nominated by the protected person if the protected
person is at least fourteen years of age and has, in the opinion of the court, sufficient
mental capacity to make an intelligent choice.


3. The person nominated in the protected person's most recent durable power of
attorney.


4. The spouse of the protected person.


5. An adult child of the protected person.


6. A parent of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a
deceased parent.


7. Any relative of the protected person with whom the protected person has resided
for more than six months before the filing of the petition.


8. The nominee of a person who is caring for or paying benefits to the protected
person.


9. If the protected person is a veteran, the spouse of a veteran or the minor child
of a veteran, the department of veterans' services.


10. A fiduciary, guardian or conservator.


B. A person listed in subsection A, paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of this section may
nominate in writing a person to serve in that person's place. With respect to persons
having equal priority, the court shall select the one it determines is best qualified to
serve. The court, for good cause, may pass over a person having priority and appoint a
person having a lower priority or no priority.