{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-387.330","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 387.330","heading":"Petition for appointment of guardian or conservator conditioned on a","body":"contingency.\n(1) Any person of full age and sound mind may execute a verified petition for the\nvoluntary appointment of a guardian or a conservator of that person's property upon\nthe express condition that the petition shall be acted upon by the court only upon the\noccurrence of an event specified or the existence of a described condition of the\nmental or physical health of the petitioner, the occurrence of which event, or the\nexistence of which condition, shall be established in the manner directed in the\npetition. The petition, when filed, shall be accompanied by an affidavit from a\nlicensed physician indicating that the person who signed the petition is now\ndisabled as defined in KRS 387.510. The petition shall advise the proposed ward of\na guardian's powers as provided in KRS 387.065 and conservator's powers as\nprovided in KRS 387.137.\n(2) The petition may nominate a person for appointment to serve as guardian or\nconservator, and ma y request that the appointment be made without bond, or with\nbond of a certain stated sum. The court in appointing the guardian or conservator\nshall appoint the individual nominated unless the court finds that person unfit or\nincompetent and shall give due  regard to the other requests and recommendations\ncontained in the petition.\n(3) The petition may be deposited with the circuit clerk of the county in which the party\nresides, or with any person, firm, bank, or trust company selected by the petitioner.\n(4) The petition may be revoked by the petitioner at any time before appointment of a\nguardian or conservator by the court, if the petitioner is of sound mind. Revocation\nshall be accomplished by the destruction of the petition by the petitioner, or by the\nexecution of an acknowledged instrument of revocation. If the petition has been\ndeposited with the clerk, the revocation may be deposited there.\n(5) At any time after the deposit of the petition with the clerk, and before its revocation,\nit may be brought on  for hearing by the filing of a verified statement to the effect\nthat the occurrence of the event or the condition provided for in the petition has\ncome to pass. If the petition has not been deposited with the clerk under the\nprovisions of subsection (3) o f this section, it may be brought on for hearing at any\ntime by the filing of it and the verified statement with the circuit clerk of the county\nin which the person who executed the petition then resides.\n(6) At the time the petition is filed, the court, w ithout any notice, may appoint the\nguardian or conservator nominated in the petition or may set the petition for hearing\non notice the court may prescribe.\n(7) The powers and duties of a guardian or conservator shall be the same as those of a\nguardian or c onservator appointed in response to any of the other petitions\nauthorized in this chapter.","path":["KRS Chapter 387"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36038","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:21Z","sha256":"18bcea42f5866c2bcde2368e40d0d72e2c20d6a4caa0e82a42f5ada15a0f432a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-387.320","next":"us-ky/krs-387.500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}