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Committee advances bill renaming county guardians as county conservators in probate code
Summary
Senate Bill 98 received a do-pass recommendation to replace references to "county guardian" with "county conservator" in state probate code, sponsors said the change clarifies roles separating personal-care guardianship from financial conservatorship.
Senate Bill 98, presented to the Judiciary Juvenile Committee as a technical correction to the probate code, received a do-pass recommendation from committee members.
Sponsor Bill Kalsert said the bill is intended to correct a drafting inconsistency that left the code using the term "county guardian" where the role is better described as a financial conservator. "There's a pecking order so…
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