An alleged incapacitated person shall not be permitted by the court to consent to the appointment of a guardian. All the procedural safeguards contained in Chapter 45, Article 5 NMSA 1978 pursuant to the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person shall apply in every guardianship proceeding.
§ 45-5-315 NMSA 1978
Consent to guardianship not permitted
1978 Comp., § 45-5-317, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 252, § 15.
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