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Section 3B:13-26 - Public guardian may be appointed general guardian for veteran.

NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13-26 (2019) (N/A)
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3B:13-26 Public guardian may be appointed general guardian for veteran.

3B:13-26. Where an action is brought in the Superior Court for the appointment of a guardian for a person who, while in the military, naval, marine, air, or coast guard service of the United States, or after discharge therefrom, is determined to be incapacitated, whether or not committed or confined to an institution for the care of persons who are incapacitated, and the heirs of the person are unwilling, unable, or unqualified for the appointment, or if the best interests of the person require it, the Superior Court may appoint the public guardian of the county in which the person resides as guardian of the person.

amended 2013, c.103, s.35.

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