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231E.7 - SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKER-INITIATED APPOINTMENT -- INTERVENTIONS.

        231E.7  SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKER-INITIATED
      APPOINTMENT -- INTERVENTIONS.
         The state office or local office may on its own motion or at the
      request of the court intervene in a guardianship or conservatorship
      proceeding if the state office or local office or the court considers
      the intervention to be justified because of any of the following:
         1.  An appointed guardian or conservator is not fulfilling
      prescribed duties or is subject to removal under section 633.65.
         2.  A willing and qualified guardian or conservator is not
      available.
         3.  The best interests of the ward require the intervention.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 175, §136; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §48
         Referred to in § 231E.8