Within 28 days from the filing of the petition, the court will conduct a hearing at which evidence is presented on the questions of whether or not the AIP is incapacitated and, if so, what may be the best and least restrictive solution to safeguard the AIP and his or her interests. The court will decide these questions expeditiously, often on the record at the conclusion of the hearing, and will often sign a short form decision reciting that the necessary findings, which are set out in Article 81, were made on the record. If a guardian is to be appointed, the court will have to set out in the decision who the appointee is to be, what role the person will have, any limitations that will constrain the person, and other particulars. The duration of the appointment may be unlimited or for a defined period. All long form judgments in such cases should be settled through the Judicial Support Office.
Expedition is required in the case of judgments appointing guardians.
Where there are defects, the staff will communicate with the submitting party and request corrected submissions. When the papers are in final form, the staff will transmit them to Chambers of the Justice assigned. When a guardian for the property is replaced or the proceeding is ended by the death of the IP, the guardian must submit a detailed final accounting. The accounting should show, in specific schedules, income, expenses on behalf of the IP, assets, their disposition, and the like. These schedules must be comprehensive.