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§30-1-101. Short title. - Sections 1-101 through 5-101 of this title shall be known...
§30-1-102. Articles in Act. - The Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act shall be composed of...
§30-1-103. Purpose of Act - Legislative intent. - A. It is the purpose of the Oklahoma Guardianship Act...
§30-1-104. Existing guardianships or conservatorships - Compliance with Act - Court review of cases. - A. 1. Any guardianship or conservatorship in existence on or...
§30-1-105. Guardian defined. - A guardian is a person appointed by the court to...
§30-1-106. Guardians ad litem excluded. - The term "guardian" includes persons appointed as general and limited...
§30-1-107. Ward defined. - A person over whom a guardian is appointed and a...
§30-1-108. Guardians classified. - Guardians are either: 1. General; 2. Limited; or 3. Special....
§30-1-109. General guardian. - A. A general guardian is a guardian of the person...
§30-1-110. Special guardian. - A special guardian may be appointed by the court pursuant...
§30-1-111. Definitions. - A. As used in the Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act:...
§30-1-112. Persons and property subject to act - Power of appointment - Parental rights. - A. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Oklahoma...
§30-1-113. Appointment of guardian - Jurisdiction. - A. A guardian of the person or property, or both,...
§30-1-114. Powers of court. - A. In all cases the court making the appointment of...
§30-1-115. Venue - Priorities of jurisdiction - Transfer - Consolidation. - A. The venue for a guardianship proceeding is in: 1....
§30-1-116. Place of hearing - Order and decree. - A. The power conferred upon the court in relation to...
§30-1-117. Guardians ad litem - Power to appoint - Appointment. - A. Nothing contained in this title affects or impairs the...
§30-1-118. Guardian of nonresident. - A guardian of the property, within this state, of a...
§30-1-119. Powers of guardian. - A guardian has only those powers over the person or...
§30-1-120. Power of guardian of the person - Report of change of ward's abode - Power of limited guardians. - A. A guardian, including a special guardian, of the person...
§30-1-121. Guardian of the property - Power - Fiduciary duty. - A. A guardian of the property must keep safely the...
§30-1-122. Confidential information filed with court. - A. Confidential information filed with or submitted to the court...
§30-1-123. Letters of guardianship. - Letters of guardianship are evidence of the transfer of the...
§30-1-124. Guardianship and conservatorship handbook and duties summary. - The Oklahoma Bar Association shall prepare a guardianship and conservatorship...
§30-1-125. Computation of time. - The time within which an act is to be done,...
§30-2-101. When guardian of minor to be appointed - Petition - Notice. - A. The court of each county, when it appears necessary...
§30-2-102. Nominations of guardian. - A. A guardian of the person or estate, or of...
§30-2-103. Nomination and appointment of guardian - Age of minor. - A. If the minor is under the age of fourteen...
§30-2-104. Nomination of guardian by minor at 14 years of age - Approval of court. - When a guardian has been appointed by the court for...
§30-2-105. Appointment when ward's nominee ineligible. - If a guardian nominated by a minor who has attained...
§30-2-106. Appointment of parents as guardians. - A minor's parent who is competent to transact his or...
§30-2-107. Guardian in charge of education. - If the minor has no father or mother living who...
§30-2-108. Education and maintenance of minor - Income from property of minor - Guardianship of minor with living parent - Child support. - A. If any minor, having a parent or parents living,...
§30-2-109. Conditions of appointment. - A. When any person is appointed guardian of a minor,...
§30-2-110. Investments authorized. - A guardian legally holding funds or assets belonging to or...
§30-2-111. Contracts on lives of wards and beneficiaries of trust funds. - Such contracts may be issued on the life of a...
§30-2-112. Interest of guardian. - Such contracts may not be purchased from any company for...
§30-2-113. When power of guardian appointed by parent ceases. - The power of a guardian appointed for a minor ceases...
§30-2-114. Release of minor ward at majority. - After a minor ward has come to his majority, such...
§30-2-115. Limitation of discharge by court. - A guardian of a minor appointed by a court is...
§30-2-116. Delivery of up to $10,000 of minor's estate to custodian, parent or minor. - A. 1. When the whole estate of a minor does...
§30-2-117. Custody by abandonment of a minor - Qualified relative. - A. The court of each county, when it appears necessary...
§30-3-101. Petition for appointment of guardian. - A. Any person interested in the welfare of a person...
§30-3-102. Nomination of guardians or alternate guardians by adult - Priorities of nominations. - A. Every person eighteen (18) years of age or older...
§30-3-102.1. Initiation of guardianship proceedings for minors at least 17 years and 6 months of age. - A. Any person interested in the welfare of a minor,...
§30-3-103. Nomination of guardian or limited guardian by will. - A parent of an unmarried incapacitated or partially incapacitated person,...
§30-3-104. Priorities for selection by court of guardian or limited guardian - Appointment of organization - Determination of suitability - Appointment of public agency. - A. The following priorities shall guide the selection by the...
§30-3-105. Court appointment where nominee is unable, unwilling or cannot qualify to serve. - In the event the person nominated is unable, unwilling, or...
§30-3-106. Rights of individual alleged to be or found to be incapacitated or partially incapacitated - Confidentiality - Relief from costs and fees - Record. - A. In all hearings conducted pursuant to Article III of...
§30-3-106.1. Court-appointed advocates for vulnerable adults programs. - A. As used in this section: 1. “Court-appointed advocates for...
§30-3-107. Appointment of counsel - Explanation and inquiry by court - Replacement of appointed counsel - Determination of independence of retained counsel - Record. - A. If at or prior to a hearing on a...
§30-3-108. Evaluations of subject of proceeding. - A. After the filing of the petition, the court may,...
§30-3-109. Hearing on petition - Setting of date. - When it is represented to the court in a petition...
§30-3-110. Notice of hearing. - A. The court shall cause notice to be served of...
§30-3-111. Determination by court - Order appointing guardian - Explanation on record. - A. At the hearing on the petition the court shall...
§30-3-112. Appointment of guardians or limited guardians. - A. Whenever the court finds the subject of the proceeding...
§30-3-113. Order appointing guardian - Specific determinations of capacity - Submission of guardianship plan - Other orders. - A. The order appointing a guardian, based upon evidence adduced,...
§30-3-114. Assignment of powers to limited guardian - Endorsement of limitation or specification of assets upon letters of guardianship. - A. The court may assign to a limited guardian of...
§30-3-115. Appointment of special guardian - Powers - Duration - Bond - Removal. - A. The court may appoint a special guardian for a...
§30-3-116. Proceedings to determine restoration to capacity. - A. Any person who has been judicially determined to be...
§30-3-117. Presumption of capacity when guardian discharged without appointment of another. - Whenever a guardian or limited guardian who has been appointed...
§30-3-118. Duties and powers of guardian or limited guardian. - A. A guardian or limited guardian of the person of...
§30-3-119. Limitation of powers of guardian. - A guardian shall have no powers except as provided by...
§30-3-120. Proposed plan for care and treatment of ward. - A. If not filed with the petition or submitted to...
§30-3-121. Disposition of financial resources under supervision and control of guardian or limited guardian - Petition for restoration of capacity. - A. A guardian of the property must keep safe the...
§30-3-122. Proposed plan for management of financial resources of ward. - A. If not filed with the petition or submitted to...
§30-3-123. Sale or lease of homestead of incapacitated or partially incapacitated person. - Guardians of incapacitated and partially incapacitated persons are authorized and...
§30-3-124. Sale or lease of real property by guardian - Approval - Joinder of spouse. - When the ward owns an interest in a tract of...
§30-3-125. Application - Sections 60 and 61 cumulative. - Sections 60 and 61 of this act apply only to...
§30-3-126. Estates of incapacitated or partially incapacitated persons not exceeding $10,000.00 - Disposition - Discharge and release. - A. When the whole estate of an adult who has...
§30-3-211. Petition for appointment of conservator by reason of physical disability - Consent - Notice and hearing. - When it is represented to the court upon verified petition...
§30-3-212. Appointment of conservator - Consent necessary. - If, after a full hearing and examination upon such petition,...
§30-3-213. Persons ineligible for appointment as conservator. - No person shall be appointed conservator of an estate who...
§30-3-214. Care, custody and management of estate - Bond. - Every conservator appointed to preserve and protect the estate of...
§30-3-215. Powers and duties of conservator - Jurisdiction of court. - A conservator shall have the same powers and duties, including...
§30-3-216. Discharge of conservator - Accounting. - A conservator may be discharged by the court upon the...
§30-3-217. Compensation of conservator. - The conservator shall receive as compensation for his services the...
§30-3-218. Subsequent appointment of guardian of ward - Effect on estate. - Any subsequent appointment of a guardian of said ward as...
§30-3-219. Limitation on right of ward to contract. - Upon the appointment of a conservator, the ward shall not...
§30-3-220. Validation of prior conservatorships. - All conservatorships created prior to the effective date of the...
§30-3-301. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§30-3-302. Definitions. - As used in the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings...
§30-3-303. Communication between courts. - (a) A court of this state may communicate with a...
§30-3-304. Requests between courts in guardianship or protective proceedings. - (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state,...
§30-3-305. Testimony of a witness located in another state. - (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to...
§30-3-306. Definitions - Applicability. - (a) In this article: (1) “Emergency” means a circumstance that...
§30-3-307. Jurisdictional basis for appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order. - This article provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court...
§30-3-308. Jurisdictional requirements for appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order. - A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a...
§30-3-309. Special jurisdiction. - (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under paragraphs...
§30-3-310. Continuing jurisdiction over proceeding. - Except as otherwise provided in Section 9 of this act,...
§30-3-311. Factors for declining jurisdiction. - (a) A court of this state having jurisdiction under Section...
§30-3-312. Jurisdiction acquired through unjustifiable conduct. - (a) If at any time a court of this state...
§30-3-313. Notice of petition in home state of respondent. - If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or...
§30-3-314. Rules for filing of petitions in multiple states. - Except for a petition for the appointment of a guardian...
§30-3-315. Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship - Notification of petition. - (a) A guardian or conservator appointed in this state may...
§30-3-316. Confirmation of transfer of guardianship or conservatorship. - (a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred...
§30-3-317. Registration of out-of-state guardianship order. - If a guardian has been appointed in another state and...
§30-3-318. Registration of out-of-state protective order. - If a conservator has been appointed in another state and...
§30-3-319. Use of authorized powers. - (a) Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from...
§30-3-320. Applying and construing the act. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§30-3-321. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...
§30-3-322. Application of act. - (a) This act applies to guardianship and protective proceedings begun...
§30-4-101. Appointment as guardian of more than five wards prohibited - Exceptions. - No person shall be appointed guardian of any minor or...
§30-4-102. Violations - Punishment. - Any person or official violating the provisions of Section 4-101...
§30-4-103. Disqualification by financial relations with judge of district court - Removal of ineligible guardians - Liability for continuing to act - Removal of judge. - No natural person shall be eligible to act as guardian...
§30-4-104. Eligibility of nonresidents - Foreign trust companies or institutions - Domestic corporations or trust companies - A. Only a person who is a citizen or legal...
§30-4-105. Inquiry into suitability of person proposed to serve as guardian - A. In conducting an inquiry to determine whether a person...
§30-4-201. Guardian's bond. - A. Before the entry of an order appointing a person...
§30-4-202. Request for security or bond - Suspension of powers - Order. - When a petition is presented praying that a guardian be...
§30-4-203. Requirement of new bonds - Discharge of sureties on old bond. - The court may require a new bond to be given...
§30-4-204. Preservation of bonds - Breach of condition - Actions on bonds. - Every bond given by a guardian must be filed and...
§30-4-205. Limitation of action on bond - Effect of disability. - No action can be maintained against the sureties on any...
§30-4-301. Inventory and account of estate of ward - Appraisal - Waiver of inventory prohibited. - A. Every guardian or limited guardian of the property of...
§30-4-303. Settlement and allowance of accounts - Reports to court - Accounting informations - Date certain for next annual report. - A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this...
§30-4-304. Account by one of joint guardians. - When an account is rendered by two or more joint...
§30-4-305. Report on guardianship of person - Requirements - attachments. - A. A report on the guardianship of the person of...
§30-4-306. Report on guardianship or limited guardianship of property - Requirements - Attachments - Review of financial resources. - A. A report on the guardianship or limited guardianship of...
§30-4-307. Mailing of copies of annual report - Objections to report - Hearing - Order granting immediate relief - Order for compensation - New bond - Appointment of counsel to represent ward. - A. 1. Upon the filing of an annual report the...
§30-4-308. Application for relief - Notice - Hearing - Order - Appointment of counsel to represent ward - Joinder of separate applications or objections - Evaluation of ward - Hearing without notice. - A. After the appointment of a guardian, the ward, any...
§30-4-401. Expenses and compensation of guardians. - A. Every guardian must be allowed the amount of his...
§30-4-402. Joint guardians - Compensation. - Joint guardians shall not receive more compensation than a single...
§30-4-403. Compensation for attorneys, guardians ad litem and persons conducting evaluations. - A. 1. An attorney, other than a public defender, for...
§30-4-404. Costs - Appointment of guardian to authorize entry into armed forces – Performance of conditions. - A. No costs shall be required by the court clerk...
§30-4-501. Appointment of more than one guardian - Bond. - The court may appoint more than one guardian of any...
§30-4-502. Two or more guardians. - A. If there are two guardians who are residents of...
§30-4-503. Death of joint guardian. - On the death of one of two or more joint...
§30-4-601. Guardian for nonresident ward - Notice of hearing. - When a person liable to be put under guardianship, according...
§30-4-602. Powers of nonresident's guardian same as in other cases. - Every guardian appointed under the preceding section has the same...
§30-4-603. First appointment is exclusive. - The guardianship which is first lawfully granted, of any person...
§30-4-604. Bond of guardian of nonresident. - Every such guardian must give bond to the State of...
§30-4-605. Removal of property. - When the guardian and ward are both nonresidents, and the...
§30-4-606. Application for removal - Requirements. - The application must be made upon ten (10) days' notice...
§30-4-607. Order for removal discharges local guardian. - Such order is a discharge of the personal representative, local...
§30-4-701. Payment of debts. - Every guardian appointed under the provisions of this act shall...
§30-4-702. Collection and settlement of accounts and appearance for ward in suits - Compromise and settlement of claims. - A guardian must settle all accounts of the ward, and...
§30-4-703. Discharge and release. - The person making payment, delivery, transfer or issuance of property...
§30-4-704. Service upon guardian - Duty of guardian. - Whenever a minor or an incapacitated or partially incapacitated person...
§30-4-705. Management of estate - Income applied for support of ward - Sale of realty. - Every guardian must manage the estate of his ward frugally...
§30-4-706. Maintenance and support of ward - Credit on settlement - Payment of third person furnishing necessaries on guardian's refusal. - When a guardian has advanced for the necessary maintenance, support...
§30-4-707. Execution of waivers or consents for wards. - The duly appointed and acting guardian, limited guardian, conservator, attorney...
§30-4-708. Investment of money and proceeds of sales. - The district court, on the application of a guardian or...
§30-4-709. Investment of monies belonging to estates - Purchase of homesteads for incapacitated or partially incapacitated persons. - A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,...
§30-4-710. Transfer of real or personal property – Protective arrangements. - A. If a ward is the owner of any real...
§30-4-751. Income insufficient for maintenance - Sale of property necessary. - When the income of an estate under guardianship is not...
§30-4-752. Sale of property for investment. - When it appears to the satisfaction of the court, upon...
§30-4-753. Proceeds of sale - Investment - Maintenance of ward and family. - If the property is sold for the purposes mentioned in...
§30-4-754. Petition for sale - Verification. - To obtain an order for such sale, the guardian must...
§30-4-755. Hearing, notice and order. - If it appears to the court, from the petition, that...
§30-4-756. Mailing or publication of order - Waiver of notice. - The court shall cause copies of said order to be...
§30-4-757. Hearing upon order - Protests. - The court, at the time and place appointed in the...
§30-4-758. Partition of real estate - Assent to - Approval of court. - The guardian may join in and assent to a partition...
§30-4-759. Sale of oil, gas, mining leases. - Personal representatives including but not limited to guardians of the...
§30-4-760. Testimony - Witnesses - Attendance and examination of. - At the hearing on the petition the guardian may be...
§30-4-761. Costs awarded prevailing party on hearing of objections to order. - If any person entitled to notice of the proceeding enters...
§30-4-762. Order for sale - Public or private sale. - If, after a full examination, it appears necessary or for...
§30-4-763. Sale bond by guardian. - Every guardian authorized to sell real estate shall, before the...
§30-4-764. Sales governed by same law as in estates of decedents. - Except as otherwise specifically provided by the Oklahoma Guardianship and...
§30-4-765. Order in force for one year only. - No order of sale granted pursuant to Sections 4-751 through...
§30-4-766. Terms of sale - Security. - All sales of real estate of wards must be for...
§30-4-767. Limitation of action for recovery of estate sold - Disability and removal thereof. - No action for the recovery of any estate sold by...
§30-4-768. Exchange of property held by ward or wards in common - Notice. - When it shall appear to the court to be to...
§30-4-769. Sale of perishable property - Report - Good faith determination of perishability. - A. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Oklahoma Guardianship...
§30-4-770. Former leases legalized. - All such leases and grants of mineral oil and gas...
§30-4-801. Removal of guardians. - A guardian may be removed by the district court for...
§30-4-802. Suspension of power of guardian - Marriage of incapacitated or partially incapacitated person. - A. The power of a guardian is suspended only: 1....
§30-4-803. Termination of authority and responsibility of guardian - Removal - Resignation - Final account - Notice and hearing. - A. The authority and responsibility of a guardian terminates upon...
§30-4-804. Termination of guardianship when unnecessary. - The guardian of an incapacitated or partially incapacitated person or...
§30-4-805. Distribution of personal property of intestate ward. - When an adult ward shall die intestate leaving only personal...
§30-4-901. Civil liability of guardians or petitioners - Damages. - A. Any guardian who willfully violates the duties or willfully...
§30-4-902. Citation for concealment or embezzlement. - Upon complaint made to the court by any guardian, ward,...
§30-4-903. Reporting of abuse, neglect or exploitation - Violation and penalty - Civil liability. - A. 1. Any person having reasonable cause to believe that...
§30-4-904. Concealment or removal from jurisdiction of certain persons. - Any individual who maliciously, forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices...
§30-6-101. Short title – Purpose – Office of Public Guardian – Powers and duties. - A. 1. This section and Section 4 of this act...
§30-6-102. Public guardianship pilot program – Evaluating board. - A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of...