KRS 387.500: Declaration of legislative purpose.

(1) It is the intent and purpose of the General Assembly to recognize that disabled

persons have varying degrees of disability.

(2) Persons who are only partially disabled must be legally protected without a

determination of total incompetency and without the attendant deprivation of civil

and legal rights that such a determination requires.

(3) To this end, guardianship and conservatorship for disabled persons shall be utilized

only as is necessary to promote their well -being, including protection from neglect ,

exploitation, and abuse; shall be designed to encourage the development of

maximum self-reliance and independence in each person; and shall be ordered only

to the extent necessitated by each person's actual mental and adaptive limitations.

(4) If the cou rt determines that some form of guardianship or conservatorship is

necessary, partial guardianship or partial conservatorship shall be the preferred form

of protection and assistance for a disabled person.