159.0455 - Appointment, duties and compensation of guardians ad litem. - Nevada Statutes

159.0455  Appointment, duties and compensation of guardians ad litem.

      1.  On or after the date of the filing of a petition to appoint a guardian:

      (a) The court may appoint a person to represent the ward or proposed ward as a guardian ad litem; and

      (b) The guardian ad litem must represent the ward or proposed ward as a guardian ad litem until relieved of that duty by court order.

      2.  Upon the appointment of the guardian ad litem, the court shall set forth in the order of appointment the duties of the guardian ad litem.

      3.  The guardian ad litem is entitled to reasonable compensation from the estate of the ward or proposed ward. If the court finds that a person has unnecessarily or unreasonably caused the appointment of a guardian ad litem, the court may order the person to pay to the estate of the ward or proposed ward all or part of the expenses associated with the appointment of the guardian ad litem.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1758)