3B:13-26 - Public guardian may be appointed general guardian for veteran
3B:13-26. Public guardian may be appointed general guardian for veteran
Where an action is brought in the Superior Court for the appointment of a guardian for a person who, while in the military, naval, marine, air or coast guard service of the United States, or after discharge therefrom, is or shall have been determined to be mentally incompetent, whether or not he is or shall have been committed or confined to an institution for the care of mentally incompetent persons, and the heirs of the person are unwilling, unable or unqualified for the appointment, or in case it shall appear to the court that the best interests of the person require it, the Superior Court may appoint the public guardian of the county in which the person resides as his guardian.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-26, eff. May 1, 1982.