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§ 45-5-416 NMSA 1978

Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment

1953 Comp., § 32A-5-416, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 5-416.

A. Any person interested in the welfare of a person for whom a conservator has been appointed may file a petition in the appointing court for an order:

(1) requiring bond or security or additional bond or security, or reducing bond;

(2) requiring an accounting for the administration of the estate;

(3) directing distribution;

(4) removing the conservator and appointing a temporary or successor conservator; or

(5) granting other appropriate relief.

B. A conservator may petition the appointing court for instructions concerning his fiduciary responsibility.

C. Upon notice and hearing, the court may give appropriate instructions or make any appropriate order.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.