2023 New Jersey Statutes 30:4-165.5. Application for appointment of guardian
If the commissioner anticipates that such person will need a guardian, the commissioner or his designated agent shall apply to the Superior Court in the same manner as provided in section 1 of P.L.1970, c.289 (C. 30:4-165.7) for appointment of a guardian unless another application is pending.
In the event that no guardian has been appointed for a person who commences receiving functional or other services after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act and who has attained age 18, and if the commissioner has ascertained that such person appears to need a guardian, then the commissioner shall apply to the Superior Court in the same manner as provided in section 1 of P.L.1970, c.289 (C. 30:4-165.7) for appointment of a guardian unless another application is pending.
The commissioner shall also promptly advise in plain language any parent, spouse, relative, or other interested person of his findings and of the parent’s or person’s right to participate in the process of an adjudication and to be considered for appointment as a guardian. The commissioner may offer to these persons assistance to facilitate their appointments as guardians unless he has reason to question their fitness to serve.
L.1965, c.59, s.88; amended 1985, c.133, s.2; 2010, c.50, s.48.