35A-1210. Application before clerk.
Any individual, corporation, or disinterested public agent may file an application for the appointment of a guardian for an incompetent person by filing the same with the clerk. The application may be joined with or filed subsequent to a petition for the adjudication of incompetence under Subchapter I of this Chapter. The application shall set forth, to the extent known and to the extent such information is not already a matter of record in the case:
(1) The name, age, address, and county of residence of the ward or respondent;
(2) The name, address, and county of residence of the applicant, his relationship if any to the respondent or ward, and his interest in the proceeding;
(3) The name, address, and county of residence of the respondent's next of kin and other persons known to have an interest in the proceeding;
(4) A general statement of the ward's or respondent's assets and liabilities with an estimate of the value of any property, including any income and receivables to which he is entitled; and
(5) Whether the applicant seeks the appointment of a guardian of the person, a guardian of the estate, or a general guardian, and whom the applicant recommends or seeks to have appointed as such guardian or guardians. (1987, c. 550, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 35A - Incompetency and Guardianship
Article 5 - Appointment of Guardian for Incompetent Person.
§ 35A-1210 - Application before clerk.
§ 35A-1211 - Service of application, motions, and notices.
§ 35A-1212 - Hearing before clerk on appointment of guardian.
§ 35A-1212.1 - Recommendation of appointment of guardian by will or other writing.
§ 35A-1213 - Qualifications of guardians.
§ 35A-1214 - Priorities for appointment.
§ 35A-1215 - Clerk's order; issuance of letters of appointment.
§ 35A-1216 - Rule-making power of Secretary of Health and Human Services.
§ 35A-1217 - Appointment of guardian ad litem for incompetent ward.