2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 46 - Support of the Indigent
4606 - Guardian.

     § 4606.  Guardian.
        (a)  Petition.--Any public body or public agency caring for
     or assisting any indigent person may petition the court of
     common pleas, if the person is of full age, or the orphans'
     court, if the person is a minor, for a rule to show cause why
     the public body, public agency or some other person appointed by
     the court should not become the legal guardian of the person and
     property of the person. The petition shall have attached an
     inventory of the property of the person. The court shall
     schedule a hearing on the matter and shall serve notice of the
     hearing upon the person.
        (b)  Order.--After conducting a hearing pursuant to
     subsection (a), the court may issue an order constituting the
     public body, public agency or some other person, guardian of the
     person and the estate of the person, whether or not all of the
     estate was enumerated in the inventory provided under subsection
     (a). The proceedings and order shall be indexed in the name of
     the person pursuant to court rules.
        (c)  Discharge.--
            (1)  No person for whom a guardian has been appointed
        under this section shall be discharged from the guardianship
        until the person has petitioned the court for termination.
        The court may terminate the guardianship if it is satisfied
        that:
                (i)  the person has become able and willing to resume
            control of the person's own person and estate; and
                (ii)  the public body or public agency has been fully
            reimbursed for the expense of the person's care or
            assistance or that all of the person's estate has been
            expended for the reimbursement.
            (2)  The cost of the proceedings under this subsection
        shall be paid by the petitioner unless otherwise ordered by
        the court.
        (d)  Leases permitted.--Under the supervision of the
     appropriate court, a guardian may lease the real estate of any
     person for a term of years and receive and apply the proceeds of
     the lease to defray the expenses incurred in the care or
     assistance and burial of the person. The balance of the proceeds
     shall be paid to the person upon termination of the guardianship
     or to the legal representatives of the person after the person's
     death.