Nevada § 253.200 - Qualifications of person for whom public guardian may be appointed; petition for appointment; accounting and report to be filed by temporary guardian in certain circumstances

§ 253.200. Qualifications of person for whom public guardian may be appointed; petition for appointment; accounting and report to be filed by temporary guardian in certain circumstances

1. A resident of Nevada is eligible to have the public guardian of the county in which

he or she resides appointed as his or her temporary individual guardian pursuant to NRS 159.0523 or 159.0525 or to mitigate the risk of financial harm to a proposed protected minor pursuant

to NRS 159A.053 . 2. An adult resident of Nevada is eligible to have the public guardian of a county

appointed as his or her permanent or general individual guardian if the proposed protected

person is a resident of that county and: (a) The proposed protected person has no nominated person, relative or friend suitable

and willing to serve as his or her guardian; or (b) The proposed protected person has a guardian who the court determines must be

removed pursuant to NRS 159.185 . 3. A person qualified pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, or anyone on his or her behalf,

may petition the district court of the county in which he or she resides to make the

appointment. 4. Before a petition for the appointment of the public guardian as a guardian may

be filed pursuant to subsection 3, a copy of the petition and copies of all accompanying

documents to be filed must be delivered to the public guardian or a deputy public

guardian. 5. Any petition for the appointment of the public guardian as a guardian filed pursuant

to subsection 3 must include a statement signed by the public guardian or deputy public

guardian and in substantially the following form: The undersigned is the Public Guardian or a Deputy Public Guardian of __________ County. The undersigned certifies that he or she has received a copy of this petition and

all accompanying documents to be filed with the court. 6. A petition for the appointment of the public guardian as permanent or general guardian

must be filed separately from a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian. 7. If a person other than the public guardian served as temporary guardian before

the appointment of the public guardian as permanent or general guardian, the temporary

guardian must file an accounting and report with the court in which the petition for

the appointment of a public guardian was filed within 30 days of the appointment of

the public guardian as permanent or general guardian. 8. In addition to NRS 159.099 and 159A.099 , a county is not liable on any written or oral contract entered into by the public

guardian of the county for or on behalf of a protected person. 9. For the purposes of this section: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the county of residence of a person

is the county to which the person moved with the intent to reside for an indefinite

period. (b) The county of residence of a person placed in institutional care is the county

that was the county of residence of the person before the person was placed in institutional

care by a guardian or agency or under power of attorney. 10. As used in this section, “ nominated person ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 159.0613 .