231E.7 - SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKER-INITIATED APPOINTMENT -- INTERVENTIONS.

 231E.7  SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKER-INITIATED
 APPOINTMENT -- INTERVENTIONS.
 The state office or local office may on its own motion or at the
 request of the court intervene in a guardianship or conservatorship
 proceeding if the state office or local office or the court considers
 the intervention to be justified because of any of the following:
 1.  An appointed guardian or conservator is not fulfilling
 prescribed duties or is subject to removal under section 633.65.
 2.  A willing and qualified guardian or conservator is not
 available.
 3.  The best interests of the ward require the intervention.  

         Section History: Recent Form

 2005 Acts, ch 175, §136; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §48
 Referred to in § 231E.8