Senate
Study
Bill
1024
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
administration
of
combined
guardianship
1
and
conservatorship
proceedings.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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H.F.
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Section
1.
Section
633.27A,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
633.27A
Docketing
guardianship
and
conservatorship
3
proceedings
——
applicability
of
separate
reporting
requirements
.
4
When
a
petition
is
filed
for
a
conservatorship
or
5
guardianship,
or
a
combined
petition
as
provided
in
section
6
633.627
,
the
administration
thereof
shall
be
treated
as
a
7
separate
one
proceeding,
with
a
separate
one
docket
number,
8
from
the
date
of
the
filing
of
the
petition.
The
separate
9
reporting
requirements
for
conservatorships
and
guardianships
10
shall
continue
to
apply
in
a
combined
petition.
The
clerk
11
shall
clearly
indicate
on
the
docket
whether
the
proceedings
12
are
voluntary
or
involuntary
and
whether
a
guardianship,
a
13
conservatorship,
or
combined.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
Under
current
law,
the
administration
of
a
combined
petition
18
for
a
conservatorship
and
a
guardianship
is
treated
as
separate
19
proceedings
with
separate
docket
numbers.
This
bill
amends
20
current
law
so
that
a
combined
petition
for
a
conservatorship
21
and
a
guardianship
is
treated
as
one
proceeding,
with
22
one
docket
number.
The
bill
also
provides
that
while
a
23
combined
petition
for
a
conservatorship
and
a
guardianship
is
24
administered
in
the
same
proceeding,
the
separate
reporting
25
requirements
applicable
to
conservatorships
and
guardianships
26
each
apply.
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