UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
CHAPTER 11
TEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS
PART 1.
TEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIPS
15-11-102. Petition and notice. (1) The petition for temporary recognition of a foreign guardianship shall be filed in the court where the ward or the ward’s property is located.
(2) The petition shall include the following:
(a) A certified copy of the foreign guardianship order including:
(i) All attachments describing the duties and powers of the guardian; and
(ii) All amendments or modifications to the foreign guardianship order entered subsequent to the original order;
(b) The address of the foreign court from which the guardianship order was issued;
(c) The name of the judicial officer who authorized the foreign guardianship;
(d) An explanation of the need for temporary recognition of the foreign guardianship at this time; and
(e) A general statement of the ward’s property located in this state and its estimated value.
(3) Notice of the petition for temporary recognition of a foreign guardianship shall be given to the foreign court from which the guardianship orders were issued. Failure to give the foreign court notice of the petition for temporary recognition of a foreign guardianship precludes the court from granting the petition.