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AK Stat § 13.26.276 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.276. Other reports.

(a) A guardian shall submit a report to the court at least annually. In addition, every third year, the court shall appoint a visitor to file a report reviewing the guardianship during the period since the last visitor's report, if any. The guardian shall submit an additional report to the court when (1) the court orders it; (2) there is a significant change in the capacity of the ward to meet the essential requirements for health and safety or to protect the ward's rights; (3) the guardian resigns or is removed; (4) the guardianship is terminated; or (5) the ward requests it. (b) The report of the guardian must contain, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) the name and address of the ward and the guardian; (2) the ward's present mental, physical, and social conditions and present living arrangements and the ward's opinion of these arrangements; (3) changes in the capacity of the ward to meet essential requirements for physical health and safety; (4) the services being provided to the ward; (5) the significant actions taken by the guardian during the reporting period in regard to the ward; (6) a financial accounting of the estate that has been subject to the possession or control of the guardian; (7) a list of the number and nature of the contacts between the guardian and ward if the ward does not reside with the guardian; (8) any other information requested by the court or necessary or desirable in the opinion of the guardian. (c) The visitor report required by (a) of this section must include (1) the name and address of the ward and the guardian; (2) the services being provided to the ward by or through the guardian; (3) the significant actions taken by the guardian during the reporting period in regard to the ward; (4) a financial accounting of the estate that has been subject to the possession or control of the guardian; (5) a list of the number and nature of the contacts between the conservator and the ward if the ward does not reside with the guardian; (6) any other information requested by the court or necessary or desirable in the opinion of the visitor.
AK Stat § 13.26.281 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.281. Termination of guardianship for incapacitated person.

(a) The authority and responsibility of a guardian for an incapacitated person terminates upon the death of the guardian or ward, the determination of incapacity of the guardian, the removal or resignation of the guardian as provided in AS 13.26.286, or upon the expiration of the period specified by court order as the duration of the guardianship. Testamentary appointment under an informally probated will terminates if the will is later denied probate in a formal proceeding. Termination does not affect a guardian's liability for prior acts nor an obligation to account for assets of the ward over which the guardian exercised control. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if a deceased ward does not have a living family member or if an individual interested in the ward is not available, the guardian of a ward who dies may arrange for the body of the ward to be transported to a funeral home and may make funeral and burial arrangements for the deceased ward. The guardian may also apply for assistance with burial expenses from the state or a municipality if the estate of the ward does not have sufficient money to pay for burial.
AK Stat § 13.26.286 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.286. Removal or resignation of guardian; change in or termination of guardianship.

(a) On petition of the ward, the guardian, or any person interested in the ward's welfare, or on the court's own motion, the court may (1) review and amend a decision of a guardian; or (2) if alternatives that are less restrictive than guardianship or less restrictive than the existing guardianship plan would assist the ward in meeting essential requirements for physical health and safety, modify the provisions of its order to (A) amend the guardianship plan or the responsibilities of the guardian; (B) remove a guardian and appoint a successor; or (C) terminate the guardianship. On petition of the guardian, the court may accept a resignation and make any other order that may be appropriate. (b) The ward, the guardian, or any person interested in the ward's welfare may petition for an order that the ward is no longer incapacitated or no longer incapacitated to the same extent as the ward was when the original guardianship order was made or when the court last amended the guardianship order, and for removal or resignation of the guardian, termination of the guardianship, or a change in the responsibilities of the guardian. A request for this order may be made by informal letter to the court or judge and any person who knowingly interferes with transmission of this kind of request to the court or judge may be held in contempt of court. (c) Before removing a guardian, changing the guardian's responsibilities, accepting the resignation of a guardian, or ordering that a ward's guardianship be changed or terminated, the court, following the same procedures to safeguard the rights of the ward as apply to a petition for appointment of a guardian and applying the least restrictive alternative necessary to meet the needs of the ward after consideration of alternatives to guardianship services, may send a visitor to the residence of the present guardian and to the place where the ward resides or is detained, to observe conditions and report in writing to the court. (d) If at any time the ward requests or indicates to the guardian or to the agency responsible for the ward's care or its employee that the ward desires a change in guardianship, the guardian or the agency providing care shall inform the court of the request or indication. (e) If the guardian dies, or if on the basis of a petition filed under this section or a report or other information, there is probable cause to believe a guardian is not performing the guardian's responsibilities effectively and there is an imminent danger that the physical health or safety of the ward will be seriously impaired, the court shall take whatever action is necessary to protect the ward, including the dismissal of the guardian and appointment of a temporary guardian without a hearing.
AK Stat § 13.26.291 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.291. Costs in guardianship proceedings.

(a) Subject to (d) of this section, the state shall bear the costs of the visitor and expert appointed under AS 13.26.226(c). (b) Subject to (c) and (d) of this section, the respondent shall bear the costs of the attorney appointed under AS 13.26.226(b), of the expert appointed under AS 13.26.241(d), of the guardian ad litem appointed under AS 13.26.041, and of other court and guardianship costs incurred under this chapter. (c) The state shall pay all or part of the costs described in (b) of this section if the court finds that the payment is necessary to prevent the respondent from suffering financial hardship or from becoming dependent upon a government agency or a private person or agency. (d) The court may require the petitioner to pay all or some of the costs described in (a) and (b) of this section if the court finds that the petitioner initiated a proceeding under this chapter that was malicious, frivolous, or without just cause.
AK Stat § 13.26.296 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.296. Notices in guardianship proceedings.

(a) In a proceeding for the appointment, change in responsibilities, or removal of a guardian, or termination of guardianship, other than the appointment of a temporary guardian or temporary suspension of a guardian, notice of hearing shall be given to each of the following: (1) the ward or respondent by the visitor as provided in AS 13.26.231; (2) any person who is serving as guardian or conservator of the ward or respondent, or who has care and custody of the ward or respondent; (3) in case a person is not notified under (4) of this subsection, at least one of the closest adult relatives of the ward or respondent, if any can be found; (4) the spouse, parents, and adult children of the ward or respondent; (5) any person who performed an evaluation for the visitor's report within the previous two years; (6) the ward's or respondent's attorney; and (7) the ward's or respondent's guardian ad litem if one has been appointed. (b) Notice shall be served personally, by certified mail, or by any other method authorized by court rule on the ward's or respondent's spouse and parents if they can be found within the state. Except as provided in (a)(1) of this section, notice to the spouse and parents, if they cannot be found within the state, and to all other persons shall be given as provided in AS 13.06.110. (c) The notice must set out the date, time, place, purpose, and possible consequences of the hearing and the rights of the ward or respondent and any other parties to the proceedings.
AK Stat § 13.26.301 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.301. Temporary guardians; authorization of services.

(a) If during the pendency of an initial petition for guardianship it appears that the respondent is in need of immediate services to protect the respondent against serious injury, illness, or disease and the respondent is not capable of procuring the necessary services, the petitioner may request the appointment of a temporary guardian to authorize the services. The request shall state the reasons and factual basis for the request. The petitioner shall immediately file the request with the court and serve copies on the respondent and the respondent's attorney. The court shall conduct a hearing within 72 hours after the filing. (b) At the temporary guardianship hearing, the respondent shall have the rights set out in AS 13.26.251(a). (c) The burden of proof at the hearing shall be by clear and convincing evidence and shall be upon the petitioner. (d) If the court determines that a temporary guardian should be appointed, it shall make the appointment and grant to the guardian only the authority that is least restrictive upon the liberty of the respondent and that enables the temporary guardian to provide the emergency services necessary to protect the respondent from serious injury, illness, or disease. (e) The temporary guardianship shall expire at the time of the appointment of a full or partial guardian or upon the dismissal of the petition for guardianship. (f) If no guardianship petition is pending but the court is informed of a person who is apparently incapacitated and in need of emergency life-saving services, the court may authorize the services upon determining that delay until a guardianship hearing can be held would entail a life-threatening risk to the person.
AK Stat § 13.26.306 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.|Sec. 13.26.306. Emergency powers.

Notwithstanding the limits of a temporary guardianship or guardianship order, a temporary guardian and guardian at all times have the right to authorize the provision of emergency life-saving services. This right includes the power to authorize hospitalization without advance court approval.
AK Stat § 13.26.401 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.401. Protective proceedings.

Upon petition and after notice and hearing in accordance with the provisions of AS 13.26.401 - 13.26.575, the court may appoint a conservator or issue another protective order for cause as follows: (1) appointment of a conservator or other protective order may be made in relation to the estate and affairs of a minor if the court determines that (A) a minor owns money or property that requires management or protection that cannot otherwise be provided; (B) the minor has or may have business affairs that may be jeopardized or prevented by the status of being a minor; or (C) funds are needed for the minor's support and education and protection is necessary or desirable to obtain or provide funds; (2) appointment of a conservator or other protective order may be made in relation to the estate and affairs of a person if the court determines that (A) the person is unable to manage the person's property and affairs effectively for reasons such as mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, advanced age, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, fraud, confinement, detention by a foreign power, or disappearance; and (B) the person has property that will be wasted or dissipated unless proper management is provided, or that funds are needed for the support, care, and welfare of the person or those entitled to be supported by the person and protection is necessary or desirable to obtain or provide funds.
AK Stat § 13.26.406 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.406. Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of affairs of protected persons.

Except as otherwise provided under AS 13.27.110, after the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the appointment of a conservator or other protective order and until termination of the proceeding, the court in which the petition is filed has exclusive jurisdiction to determine (1) the need for a conservator or other protective order until the proceedings are terminated; and (2) how the estate of the protected person that is subject to the laws of this state shall be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected person or any of the person's dependents.
AK Stat § 13.26.411 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.411. Venue.

Venue for proceedings under AS 13.26.401 - 13.26.575 is (1) in the place in this state where the person to be protected resides whether or not a guardian has been appointed in another place; or (2) if the person to be protected does not reside in this state, in any place where the person has property.
AK Stat § 13.26.415 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.415. Original petition for appointment or protective order.

(a) The person to be protected, a person's attorney or other legal representative, any person who is interested in the estate, affairs, or welfare of the person to be protected, including a parent, guardian, custodian, or caregiver, the Department of Health and Social Services, or any person who would be adversely affected by lack of effective management of the property and affairs of the person to be protected, may petition for the appointment of a conservator or for other appropriate protective order. (b) The petition must set out to the extent known, the interest of the petitioner; the name, age, residence and address of the person to be protected; the name and address of the person's guardian, if any; the name and address of the person's nearest relative known to the petitioner; a general statement of the person's property with an estimate of its value, including any compensation, insurance, pension or allowance to which the person is entitled; and the reason why appointment of a conservator or other protective order is necessary. If the appointment of a conservator is requested, the petition also must set out the name and address of the person whose appointment is sought and the basis of priority for appointment. (c) The petition may include a request for temporary conservatorship as provided in AS 13.26.445 if it appears that the respondent's property is likely to be wasted or dissipated during the pendency of the conservatorship proceeding. A request for temporary conservatorship must specify the facts that cause the petitioner to believe that a temporary conservatorship is necessary.
AK Stat § 13.26.420 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.420. Notice.

(a) On a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order, the person to be protected and the person's spouse or, if none, the person's parents, must be served personally, by certified mail, or by any other method authorized by court rule with notice of the proceedings at least 14 days before the date of hearing if they can be found within the state, or, if they cannot be found within the state, they must be given notice in accordance with AS 13.06.110. Waiver by the person to be protected is not effective unless the person to be protected attends the hearing or, unless minority is the reason for the proceeding, waiver is confirmed in an interview with the visitor. (b) Notice of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other initial protective order, and of any subsequent hearing, must be given to any person who has filed a request for notice under AS 13.26.425 and to interested persons and other persons as the court may direct. Except as otherwise provided in (a) of this section, notice shall be given in accordance with AS 13.06.110. (c) This section does not apply to a petition or order for an ex parte protective order filed under AS 13.26.450 or a temporary protective order filed under AS 13.26.455.
AK Stat § 13.26.425 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.425. Protective proceedings; request for notice; interested person.

Any interested person who desires to be notified before any order is made in a protective proceeding may file with the registrar a request for notice subsequent to payment of any fee required by statute or court rule. The clerk shall mail a copy of the demand to the conservator if one has been appointed. A request is not effective unless it contains a statement showing the interest of the person making it and the person's address, or that of the person's attorney, and is effective only as to matters occurring after the filing. Any governmental agency paying or planning to pay benefits to the person to be protected is an interested person in protective proceedings.
AK Stat § 13.26.430 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney|Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.|Sec. 13.26.430. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition.

(a) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order because of minority, the court shall set a date for hearing on the matters alleged in the petition. If, at any time in the proceeding, the court determines that the interests of the minor are or may be inadequately represented, it may appoint an attorney to represent the minor, giving consideration to the choice of the minor if 14 years of age or older. A lawyer appointed by the court to represent a minor has the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. (b) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order for reasons other than minority, the court shall set a date for hearing. Unless the person to be protected has counsel of the person's own choice, the court must appoint a lawyer to represent the person. If the alleged disability is mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, advanced age, chronic use of drugs, or chronic intoxication, the court may direct that the person to be protected be examined by a physician designated by the court, preferably a physician who is not connected with any institution in which the person is a patient or is detained. The court may send a visitor to interview the person to be protected. The visitor may be a guardian ad litem or an officer or employee of the court. (c) After hearing, upon finding that a basis for the appointment of a conservator or other protective order has been established, the court shall make an appointment or other appropriate protective order. (d) The court shall investigate alternatives to a conservator and the use of a special conservator as provided in AS 13.26.440(c). A conservator may be appointed only if a less restrictive protective order or the services of a special conservator are not adequate to protect the estate of the protected person. The court shall, to the extent possible, consult with the protected person in determining what action should be taken.