Petition for appointment; by whom made A petition for the appointment of a guardian of the person or property, or both, of a person who i... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1751. Petition for appointment; by whom made
A petition for the appointment of a guardian of the person or property, or both, of a person who is intellectually disabled or a person who is developmentally disabled may be made by a parent, any interested person eighteen years of age or older on behalf of the person who is intellectually disabled or a person who is developmentally disabled including a corporation authorized to serve as a guardian as provided for by this article, or by the person who is intellectually disabled or a person who is developmentally disabled when such person is eighteen years of age or older.
A petition for a guardian of the person, property, or both may be made by a parent, an interested person at least 18 years old acting for the person, including an authorized guardianship corporation, or by the person with intellectual or developmental disability when that person is at least 18 years old. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.