3B:13-8 - Guardian to have no more than five wards; exceptions - New Jersey Statutes

3B:13-8.  Guardian to have no more than five wards;  exceptions
    Except as provided in this section, no person shall accept appointment as guardian of a ward if he be acting as guardian for five wards.

    In an action brought by an attorney of a Federal agency, establishing that a  guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards, the Superior Court shall require a final accounting forthwith from the guardian and  shall discharge him.

    The limitation of this section shall not apply where the guardian is a bank  or trust company or a public guardian of incompetent veterans, and an individual may be guardian of more than five wards if they are all members of the same family.

     L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-8, eff. May 1, 1982.