2015 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 3B - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS
Section 3B:13A-5 - By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought
3B:13A-5. By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought
3B:13A-5. By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought. An action for the appointment of a conservator may be brought by the conservatee as provided in section 3B:13A-2 or in the conservatee's behalf by:
a. His spouse;
b. His adult children or, where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee;
c. Any person having concern for the financial or personal well-being of the conservatee;
d. A public agency or a social services official of the State or of the county in which the conservatee resides regardless of whether or not the conservatee is a recipient of public assistance; or
e. The chief administrator of a State licensed hospital, school or institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.
f. The chief administrator of a non-profit charitable institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.
Amended 1989,c.329,s.1.
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