52:27G-21 - Findings, declarations - New-jersey Statutes

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52:27G-21.   Findings, declarations
     The Legislature finds and declares that private guardianship for an incompetent elderly adult may not be feasible where there are no willing and responsible family members or friends to serve as guardian, that this act establishes a public guardianship program for elderly adults for the purpose of furnishing guardianship services to elderly persons at reduced or no cost when appropriate, and that this act intends to promote the general welfare by establishing a public guardianship system that permits elderly persons to determinatively participate as fully as possible in all decisions that affect them.

    L.1985, c.298, s.2; amended 1989,c.248,s.1.

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52:27G-21.   Findings, declarations
     The Legislature finds and declares that private guardianship for an incompetent elderly adult may not be feasible where there are no willing and responsible family members or friends to serve as guardian, that this act establishes a public guardianship program for elderly adults for the purpose of furnishing guardianship services to elderly persons at reduced or no cost when appropriate, and that this act intends to promote the general welfare by establishing a public guardianship system that permits elderly persons to determinatively participate as fully as possible in all decisions that affect them.

    L.1985, c.298, s.2; amended 1989,c.248,s.1.

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52:27G-21.   Findings, declarations
     The Legislature finds and declares that private guardianship for an incompetent elderly adult may not be feasible where there are no willing and responsible family members or friends to serve as guardian, that this act establishes a public guardianship program for elderly adults for the purpose of furnishing guardianship services to elderly persons at reduced or no cost when appropriate, and that this act intends to promote the general welfare by establishing a public guardianship system that permits elderly persons to determinatively participate as fully as possible in all decisions that affect them.

    L.1985, c.298, s.2; amended 1989,c.248,s.1.