{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-35a-1210","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1210","heading":"Application before clerk.","body":"Any individual, corporation, or disinterested public agent may file an application for the appointment of a guardian for an incompetent person by filing the same with the clerk. The application may be joined with or filed subsequent to a petition for the adjudication of incompetence under Subchapter I of this Chapter. The application shall set forth, to the extent known and to the extent such information is not already a matter of record in the case:\n(1)\tThe name, age, address, and county of residence of the ward or respondent;\n(2)\tThe name, address, and county of residence of the applicant, his relationship if any to the respondent or ward, and his interest in the proceeding;\n(3)\tThe name, address, and county of residence of the respondent's next of kin and other persons known to have an interest in the proceeding;\n(4)\tA general statement of the ward's or respondent's assets and liabilities with an estimate of the value of any property, including any income and receivables to which he is entitled; and\n(5)\tWhether the applicant seeks the appointment of a guardian of the person, a guardian of the estate, or a general guardian, and whom the applicant recommends or seeks to have appointed as such guardian or guardians. (1987, c. 550, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 35A. Incompetency and Guardianship.","Subchapter II. Guardian And Ward.","Article 5. Appointment of Guardian for Incompetent Person."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_35A/GS_35A-1210.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:00:52Z","sha256":"70c75e13d12f1ec5d9bd10c0e360b348a47f86511ff1cea050eca5db6c8f09f3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-35a-1209","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-35a-1211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}