§ 40.1-23-3 - Methods of appointment. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 40.1-23-3

   § 40.1-23-3  Methods of appointment. –(a) A parental successor may be designated by an acknowledged document in aform to be prescribed by the department of mental health, retardation, andhospitals, by the last will and testament of the person or persons having theright to make the nomination, or by formal appointment by the probate court inthe city or town in which the petitioner or at least one of several petitionersreside.

   (b) Court appointment shall be by petition heard ex parte asa probate matter without notice, unless required by the court. Any designationor appointment of a parental successor may also designate or appoint one ormore eligible persons or organizations to serve as successors to the firstnamed parental successor in the event of the unwillingness, inability,incapacity, or resignation of the first parental successor.