2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 30 - DECEDENTS' ESTATES; PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
30-4104 Office of Public Guardian; created;
Public Guardian; qualifications; duties.
30-4104. Office of Public Guardian; created; Public Guardian; qualifications; duties.
The office is created within the judicial branch of government and is directly responsible to the State Court Administrator. The State Court Administrator shall appoint a director of the office who shall be known as the Public Guardian. The Public Guardian shall be hired based on a broad knowledge of human development, intellectual disabilities, sociology, and psychology and shall have business acuity and experience in public education and volunteer recruitment. The Public Guardian shall hire a deputy public guardian and up to twelve associate public guardians who shall serve at the pleasure of the Public Guardian and perform such duties as assigned by the Public Guardian. The Public Guardian shall assume all the duties and responsibilities of a guardian and conservator for any individual appointed to his or her supervision and may designate authority to act on his or her behalf to the deputy public guardian and associate public guardians. The Public Guardian shall administer public guardianship and public conservatorship and shall serve as staff to the council. The Public Guardian may hire support staff as required.
Source
- Laws 2014, LB920, ยง 4.
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