Arizona Laws 14-5416. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment
A. Any person interested in the estate or affairs of a person for whom a conservator has been appointed may file a petition in the appointing court for an order:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 14-5416
- Conservator: means a person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Court: means the superior court. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Person: means an individual or an organization. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Protected person: means a minor or any other person for whom a conservator has been appointed or any other protective order has been made. See Arizona Laws 14-5101
- Security: includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under that title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share or voting trust certificate and, in general, includes any interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, any temporary or interim certificate, receipt or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of these securities. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
1. Requiring bond or security or additional bond or security, or reducing bond.
2. Requiring an accounting for the administration of the estate of the protected person.
3. Directing distribution.
4. Removing the conservator and appointing a temporary or successor conservator.
5. Continuing the conservatorship pursuant to section 14-5401, subsection B.
6. Granting other appropriate relief.
B. A conservator may petition the appointing court for instructions concerning the fiduciary‘s responsibility.
C. On notice and a hearing the court may give appropriate instructions or make any appropriate order.
D. When a surety of a conservator desires to be released from responsibility for future acts, the surety may apply to the court for a release. The court shall proceed in the same manner as in a proceeding under section 14-3604, subsection B. Notice shall be given to the conservator as provided in section 14-5413.