TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 5

PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY

PART 3.

GUARDIANS OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS

15-5-313.  Proceedings subsequent to appointment — Venue. (a) The court where the ward resides has concurrent jurisdiction with the court which appointed the guardian, or in which acceptance of a testamentary appointment was filed, over resignation, removal, accounting and other proceedings relating to the guardianship, including proceedings to limit the authority previously conferred on a guardian, or to remove limitations previously imposed.

(b)  If the court located where the ward resides is not the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed, the court in which proceedings subsequent to appointment are commenced shall in all appropriate cases notify the other court, if in this state, and after consultation with that court determine whether to retain jurisdiction or transfer the proceedings to the other court, whichever may be in the best interest of the ward. A copy of any order accepting a resignation, altering his authority or removing a guardian shall be sent to the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed. If the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed is in another state, the court in this state shall proceed in accordance with chapters 9, 10 and/or 11, title 15, Idaho Code, as appropriate.

History:

[15-5-313, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233; am. 1982, ch. 285, sec. 8, p. 727; am. 2006, ch. 182, sec. 2, p. 565.]