Kansas Statutes 59-2803. Court order; appointment; effect
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 59-2803
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Incapacitated person: means an individual whose ability to receive and evaluate relevant information, or to effectively communicate decisions, or both, even with the use of assistive technologies or other supports, is impaired to the degree that the person lacks the capacity to manage the person's estate, or to meet essential needs for the person's physical health, safety or welfare, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
If the court shall find that the applicant, recipient, or payee is unable to manage the assistance payments, or otherwise fails so to manage, to the extent that deprivation or hazard to himself or herself or others results, or, in case of aid to dependent children, the payment is not being used for the children, the court may thereupon enter an order embracing said findings and appointing some responsible person not an employee of the secretary for children and families, as personal representative of the applicant, recipient or payee for the purpose set forth herein. The appointment shall not have the effect of adjudication that the applicant, recipient or payee is an incapacitated person.