{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-464-a-1","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 464-A:1","heading":"Purpose.","body":"It is the purpose of this chapter to promote and protect the well-being of the proposed ward in involuntarily imposed protective proceedings. This chapter is designed to provide procedural and substantive safeguards for civil liberties and property rights of a proposed ward or an individual already under guardianship powers. It is the further purpose of this chapter to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance in the individual; to encourage rehabilitative care, rather than custodial care for incapacitated individuals; and to impose protective orders only to the extent necessitated by the individual's functional limitations.","path":["Title XLIV: GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS","Chapter 464-A: GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-1.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:29:16Z","sha256":"e16ec9086daac315747107b772c7176d51f2c95efc52a89876a4bb84ef4f71a8","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-463-a-26","next":"us-nh/rsa-464-a-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}