Section 45-5-416 - Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment. - New Mexico Statutes

45-5-416. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment.

A.     Any person interested in the welfare of a person for whom a conservator has been appointed may file a petition in the appointing court for an order:   

(1)     requiring bond or security or additional bond or security, or reducing bond;   

(2)     requiring an accounting for the administration of the estate;   

(3)     directing distribution;   

(4)     removing the conservator and appointing a temporary or successor conservator; or   

(5)     granting other appropriate relief.   

B.     A conservator may petition the appointing court for instructions concerning his fiduciary responsibility.   

C.     Upon notice and hearing, the court may give appropriate instructions or make any appropriate order.