Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27G-30

  • 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.
  • 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
The public guardian may be discharged by a court with respect to any of the authority granted over each ward upon petition of the elderly person, any interested person, or the public guardian, or upon the court’s own motion, when it appears that the services of the public guardian are no longer necessary, despite the fact that the individual has not been, and may never be, restored to competency.

L.1985, c.298, s.11; amended 1989,c.248,s.5.

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