Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 90
SB 167 – FINAL VERSION
2005 SESSION
04/03
SENATE BILL 167
This bill amends the time frame for the probate court to act on an extension of guardianship petition.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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05-0988
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to extension of guardianship.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
90:1 Guardians and Conservators; Extension of Guardianship. Amend RSA 464-A:11-a to read as follows:
464-A:11-a Extension of Guardianship. A guardian or petitioner may seek an extension of a guardianship appointment by formally petitioning the court for a guardianship of the person and estate, the person, or estate within the period of any existing guardianship. Upon the filing of a petition for guardianship, a petition for an additional term of guardianship, a petition for an indefinite term of guardianship, or a petition for an amendment of the order or letters of guardianship to extend the term of the guardianship, the period of guardianship shall be extended until the issuance of the order of the probate court; provided that the probate court shall act upon the petition within 30 days of [its filing] orders of notice being issued.
90:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 7, 2005)
(Effective Date: August 6, 2005)