Oklahoma Standby Guardianship Act

This act governs guardianship for minors and for adults determined by a court to be incapacitated, setting out how a guardian is appointed, who is eligible, and what authority the guardian holds over the ward's person, property, or both. It provides several routes to appointment — by the court following a determination of incapacity or need, by a parent, spouse, or domestic partner, by will, and through temporary or special guardians named for a limited purpose — and it allows a court instead to approve a protective arrangement, subject to stated factors, rather than a full guardianship. It also defines the guardian's continuing obligations, including holding and spending the ward's estate for the ward's benefit, accounting and reporting to the court, operating within any limitations placed on the letters of guardianship, and restoring the estate if the ward returns to competency. --- One thing worth flagging before this ships: these section titles describe a comprehensive guardianship chapter (minors, incapacitated adults, testamentary guardians, protective arrangements, estate administration), not a standby guardianship act. Nothing in them addresses the defining standby mechanism — a designation that lies dormant and springs into effect on a triggering event such as a parent's incapacity or death. Either the titles were pulled from the wrong chapter, or the act's name in your data doesn't match its content. The overview above is accurate to the titles, but if the page is headed "Standby Guardianship Act," readers will see a mismatch.

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