New Jersey Statutes 3B:12B-15. Notice of proceeding
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:12B-15
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of the person or estate of a minor or incapacitated individual pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
15. Notice of proceeding.
If this State was not the respondent’s home state on the date a petition to declare a person incapacitated for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is filed in this State, notice of the petition shall be given, in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this State, to the respondent and to the persons who would be entitled to notice if the regular procedures for appointment of a guardian or a conservator under the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey were applicable.
L.2012, c.36, s.15.