§560:5-410 Who may be appointed guardian of the property; priorities. (a) The court may appoint an individual, or a corporation with general power to serve as trustee, as guardian of the property of a protected person, and, in the selection thereof, the court shall in all cases consider the best interests of the protected person. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the following order:
(1) A guardian of the property or other like fiduciary appointed or recognized by the appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person resides;
(2) An individual or corporation nominated by the protected person if he is fourteen or more years of age and has, in the opinion of the court, sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice;
(3) The spouse or reciprocal beneficiary of the protected person;
(4) An adult child of the protected person;
(5) A parent of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a deceased parent;
(6) Any relative of the protected person with whom he has resided for more than six months prior to the filing of the petition;
(7) A person nominated by the person who is caring for him or paying benefits to him.
(b) A person in priorities (1), (3), (4), (5), or (6) may nominate in writing a person to serve in his stead. With respect to persons having equal priority, the court is to select the one who is best qualified of those willing to serve. The court, for good cause may pass over a person having priority and appoint a person having less priority or no priority. [L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 383, §19]