2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 802h - Protected Persons and Their Property
Section 45a-680 - (Formerly Sec. 45-332). Appointment of standby plenary guardian or standby limited guardian. Probate bond. Duties. Confirmation by court.

Whenever a court of probate appoints a plenary guardian or limited guardian of the person with intellectual disability, such court may appoint a standby plenary guardian or a standby limited guardian of the person with intellectual disability. Such standby shall act if the appointed plenary guardian or limited guardian of the person with intellectual disability dies, becomes incapable, or renounces his plenary guardianship or limited guardianship. The standby plenary guardian or standby limited guardian shall immediately inform the court of probate which has jurisdiction over such guardianship of his assumption of the guardianship and the reason therefor. The standby guardian, in the event of the guardian’s death, incapacity or renunciation, shall, upon furnishing a probate bond if such a bond had been required from the plenary guardian or limited guardian whose duties are being assumed, but without further proceedings, be empowered to assume the duties of his office immediately upon the death or adjudication of incompetency of the plenary guardian of the person or limited guardian of the person of the person with intellectual disability, subject only to confirmation of his appointment by the court of probate within sixty days following assumption of his duties of office.

(P.A. 82-337, S. 13; P.A. 86-323, S. 10; P.A. 03-51, S. 9; P.A. 11-129, S. 20.)

History: P.A. 86-323 substituted “plenary guardian” for “guardian of the mentally retarded person” and added provision requiring standby plenary guardian and standby limited guardian to inform court of assumption of guardianship and reason therefor; Sec. 45-332 transferred to Sec. 45a-680 in 1991; P.A. 03-51 substituted “person with mental retardation” for “mentally retarded person”; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability”.