2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 30 - DECEDENTS' ESTATES; PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
30-4116 Public Guardian; appointment; powers; duties.

30-4116. Public Guardian; appointment; powers; duties.

(1) When the court appoints the Public Guardian as guardian or conservator for an individual, the Public Guardian immediately succeeds to (a) all powers and duties of a guardian provided in sections 30-2626 and 30-2628, if appointed a guardian, or (b) all powers and duties of a conservator provided in sections 30-2646, 30-2647, 30-2653, 30-2654, 30-2655, 30-2656, and 30-2657, if appointed a conservator.

(2) The Public Guardian shall:

(a) Be considered as an interested party in the welfare of the ward or protected person for purposes of filing a motion for termination or modification of a public guardianship or public conservatorship;

(b) Visit the facility in which the ward or protected person is to be placed if it is proposed that the individual be placed outside his or her home; and

(c) Monitor the ward or protected person and his or her care and progress on a continuing basis. Monitoring shall, at a minimum, consist of monthly personal contact with the ward or protected person. The Public Guardian shall maintain a written record of each visit with a ward or protected person. The Public Guardian shall maintain periodic contact with all individuals and agencies, public or private, providing care or related services to the ward or protected person.

Source

• Laws 2014, LB920, § 16.