159.059 - Qualifications of guardian. - Nevada Statutes

159.059  Qualifications of guardian.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159.0595, any qualified person or entity that the court finds suitable may serve as a guardian. A person is not qualified to serve as a guardian who:

      1.  Is an incompetent.

      2.  Is a minor.

      3.  Has been convicted of a felony, unless the court determines that such conviction should not disqualify the person from serving as the guardian of the ward.

      4.  Has been suspended for misconduct or disbarred from:

      (a) The practice of law;

      (b) The practice of accounting; or

      (c) Any other profession which:

             (1) Involves or may involve the management or sale of money, investments, securities or real property; and

             (2) Requires licensure in this State or any other state,

Ê during the period of the suspension or disbarment.

      5.  Is a nonresident of this State and:

      (a) Has not associated as a coguardian, a resident of this State or a banking corporation whose principal place of business is in this State; and

      (b) Is not a petitioner in the guardianship proceeding.

      6.  Has been judicially determined, by clear and convincing evidence, to have committed abuse, neglect or exploitation of a child, spouse, parent or other adult, unless the court finds that it is in the best interests of the ward to appoint the person as the guardian of the ward.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 415; A 1971, 158; 1979, 788; 1999, 1399; 2003, 1782, 2691; 2005, 816; 2009, 783, 1655)