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59-2801. Representative for purpose of receiving and managing certainpublic assistance payments; petition.If any otherwise qualified applicant for, or recipient of old ageassistance, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled,or general assistance or payee in the case of aid to dependent children, isor shall become unable to manage the assistance payments, or otherwisefails so to manage, to the extent that deprivation or hazard to himself or herself orothers results, or, in the case of aid to dependent children, the paymentis not being used for the children, a petition may be filed by the secretaryof social and rehabilitationservices wherein the applicant orrecipient has residence before the district court of that county in the formof a verified written application for the appointment of a personalrepresentative not an employee of the department of social and rehabilitationservices, for thepurpose of receiving and managing public assistance payments for any suchrecipient or payee, which verified application shall allege one or more ofthe above grounds for the legal appointment of such representative.
History: L. 1963, ch. 256, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 68;Jan. 10, 1977.
