3B:13A-5 - By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought 

3B:13A-5.    By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought 
     3B:13A-5.  By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought.  An action for the appointment of a conservator may be brought by the conservatee as provided in section 3B:13A-2 or in the conservatee's behalf by: 

    a.   His spouse;

      b.   His adult children or, where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee;

      c.   Any person having concern for the financial or personal well-being of the conservatee;

      d.   A public agency or a social services official of the State or of the county in which the conservatee resides regardless of whether or not the conservatee is a recipient of public assistance; or

      e.   The chief administrator of a State licensed hospital, school or institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.

      f.   The chief administrator of a non-profit charitable institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.

 

    Amended 1989,c.329,s.1.