A. Any person interested in the welfare of a person for whom a conservator has been appointed may file a petition in the appointing court for an order:
(1) requiring bond or security or additional bond or security, or reducing bond;
(2) requiring an accounting for the administration of the estate;
(3) directing distribution;
(4) removing the conservator and appointing a temporary or successor conservator; or
(5) granting other appropriate relief.
B. A conservator may petition the appointing court for instructions concerning his fiduciary responsibility.
C. Upon notice and hearing, the court may give appropriate instructions or make any appropriate order.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-5-416, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 5-416.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 14 C.J.S. Chemical Dependents § 4; 39 C.J.S. Guardian and Ward §§ 33, 45, 54, 147, 154; 49 C.J.S. Insane Persons § 40.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 5 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property
Part 4 - PROTECTION OF PROPERTY OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND MINORS
Section 45-5-401 - Conservatorship proceedings.
Section 45-5-402 - Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of affairs of protected persons.
Section 45-5-402.1 - Permissible court orders.
Section 45-5-404 - Original petition for appointment of conservator.
Section 45-5-404.1 - Duties of guardian ad litem.
Section 45-5-405 - Notice in conservatorship proceedings.
Section 45-5-405.1 - Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized.
Section 45-5-406 - Guardianship and protective proceedings; request for notice; interested person.
Section 45-5-407 - Procedure for court appointment of a conservator.
Section 45-5-408 - Temporary conservators.
Section 45-5-409 - Annual report and account; audits.
Section 45-5-409.1 - Repealed.
Section 45-5-410 - Who may be appointed conservator; priorities.
Section 45-5-411 - Bond and terms; requirements of bonds.
Section 45-5-413 - Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction.
Section 45-5-414 - Compensation and expenses.
Section 45-5-415 - Death, substitution, review and termination of conservatorship.
Section 45-5-416 - Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment.
Section 45-5-417 - General duty of conservator.
Section 45-5-418 - Inventory and records.
Section 45-5-420 - Conservators; title by appointment.
Section 45-5-421 - Recording of conservator's letters.
Section 45-5-421.1 - Letters of conservatorship.
Section 45-5-423 - Persons dealing with conservators; protection.
Section 45-5-424 - Powers of conservator in administration.
Section 45-5-425 - Distributive duties and powers of conservator.
Section 45-5-426 - Consent to conservatorship; applicable laws.
Section 45-5-427 - Preservation of estate plan.
Section 45-5-428 - Claims against protected person; enforcement.
Section 45-5-429 - Individual liability of conservator.
Section 45-5-430 - Termination of proceeding.
Section 45-5-434 - Registration of guardianship orders.