Utah Code 75-5-410. Who may be appointed conservator — Priorities
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(1) The court may appoint an individual, or a corporation with general power to serve as trustee, as conservator of the estate of a protected person. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the order listed:
Terms Used In Utah Code 75-5-410
- Conservator: means a person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Court: means any of the courts of record in this state having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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 Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Incapacitated: means a judicial determination after proof by clear and convincing evidence that an adult's ability to do the following is impaired to the extent that the individual lacks the ability, even with appropriate technological assistance, to meet the essential requirements for financial protection or physical health, safety, or self-care:(24)(a) receive and evaluate information;(24)(b) make and communicate decisions; or(24)(c) provide for necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, health care, or safety. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Parent: includes any person entitled to take, or who would be entitled to take if the child died without a will, as a parent under this title by intestate succession from the child whose relationship is in question. See 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
- Property: includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Protected person: means a person for whom a conservator has been appointed. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(1)(a) a conservator, guardian of property, or other like fiduciary appointed or recognized by the appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person resides;(1)(b) an individual or corporation nominated by the protected person if he is 14 or more years of age and has, in the opinion of the court, sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice;(1)(c) the court shall appoint a conservator in accordance with the protected person’s most recent nomination, unless the potential conservator is disqualified or the court finds other good cause why that person should not serve as conservator. The nomination shall be in writing and shall be signed by the person making the nomination. The nomination shall be in substantially the following form:Nomination of Conservator I, (Name), being of sound mind and not acting under duress, fraud, or other undue influence, do hereby nominate (Name, current residence, and relationship, if any, of the nominee) to serve as the conservator of my property in the event that after the date of this instrument I become incapacitated or have other need for protection.
Executed at __________________________________ (city, state)
on this ___________ day of _______________________________
______________________________ (Signature)
(1)(d) a person who has been nominated by the protected person, by any means other than that described in Subsection(1)(c) , if the protected person was 14 years of age or older when the nomination was executed and, in the opinion of the court, that person acted with sufficient mental capacity to make the nomination;(1)(e) the spouse of the protected person;(1)(f) an adult child of the protected person;(1)(g) a parent of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a deceased parent;(1)(h) any relative of the protected person with whom he has resided for more than six months prior to the filing of the petition;(1)(i) a person nominated by the person who is caring for him or paying benefits to him.(2) A person in the priorities described in Subsection(1)(a) ,(e) ,(f) ,(g) , or(h) may nominate in writing a person to serve in his stead. With respect to persons having equal priority, the court is to select the one who is best qualified of those willing to serve. The court, for good cause, may pass over a person having priority and appoint a person having less priority or no priority.