Utah Code 75-5-314. Mentally incompetent veteran — Evidence of necessity for appointment of guardian
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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-5-314
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, or by written instrument as provided in Section
Utah Code 75-1-201 v2 - Person: means an individual or an organization. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Ward: means a person for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the administrator or his duly authorized representative, that such person has been rated incompetent by the veterans administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such veterans administration and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any money due such ward by the veterans administration, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.