{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-4-803","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-4-803","heading":"Termination of authority and responsibility of guardian","body":"- Removal - Resignation - Final account - Notice and hearing.\n\nA. The authority and responsibility of a guardian terminates\n\nupon the death of the guardian, conservator, or the ward, the\n\ndetermination of incapacity of the guardian or conservator, or upon\n\nremoval or resignation of the guardian or conservator. Termination\n\ndoes not affect the liability of a guardian or conservator for prior\n\nacts or the obligation to account for any funds and assets of the\n\nward under the control of the guardian or conservator. The\n\nauthority and responsibility of a guardian of a minor also\n\nterminates upon the marriage or majority of the ward.\n\nB. The court, after notice and hearing, may remove a guardian\n\nor conservator for cause if the guardian or conservator has failed\n\nfor thirty (30) days, after he is required to do so, to render an\n\naccount or make a report, and compel him to surrender the estate of\n\nthe ward to the person found to be lawfully entitled thereto.\n\nC. Every guardian or conservator may resign when it appears\n\nproper to allow the same and upon the resignation or removal of a\n\nguardian or conservator the court may appoint a successor guardian\n\nor conservator in the place of the guardian or conservator who has\n\nresigned or has been removed or make other appropriate orders\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Guardianship and\n\nConservatorship Act.\n\nD. Upon termination of the disability of the ward or upon his\n\ndeath, or upon the resignation or removal of the guardian or\n\nconservator, a guardian or conservator or the guardian's or\n\nconservator's personal representative, or if the guardian or\n\nconservator is incapacitated or deceased and there is no personal\n\nrepresentative, then some suitable person appointed by the court\n\nshall file the guardian's or conservator's final account and request\n\nfor final compensation with the court within thirty (30) days after\n\nsuch event.\n\n1. The court shall set the final account for hearing on a date\n\nnot less than fifteen (15) days after the filing thereof. Notice of\n\nsuch hearing shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date\n\nset for hearing, by mailing a copy of the notice of hearing by\n\nfirst-class mail:\n\na. if the guardianship was established for a minor or a\n\nminor's estate, to the persons entitled to notice\n\npursuant to Section 2-101 of this title if the ward is\n\nstill a minor, or to the ward only if the ward has\n\nattained majority or has married, or if the ward is\n\ndeceased, to the persons entitled to notice pursuant\n\nto Section 2-101 of this title and to the personal\n\nrepresentative of the ward's estate if such\n\nrepresentative has been appointed and the\n\nrepresentative's appointment is known to or\n\nascertainable by reasonably diligent efforts of the\n\nperson rendering the final account; or\n\nb. if the guardianship was established for an adult or an\n\nadult's estate, or if the proceeding is a\n\nconservatorship action, to those persons entitled to\n\nnotice pursuant to paragraph 1, unless the ward is\n\ndeceased, and paragraphs 2, 3 and 7 of subsection A of\n\nSection 3-110 of this title and, if the ward is\n\ndeceased, to the personal representative of the ward's\n\nestate if such representative has been appointed and\n\nthe representative's appointment is known to or\n\nascertainable by reasonably diligent efforts of the\n\nperson rendering the final account.\n\n2. Any person to whom notice is given in accordance with this\n\nsubsection may appear at the hearing on the final account and file\n\nhis exceptions in writing to the final account and contest the same.\n\n3. The settlement of the account and the allowance thereof by\n\nthe court shall be conclusive against all persons interested in the\n\nestate of the ward, except as to persons subject to a legal\n\ndisability at the time the notice of hearing is given.\n\n4. Upon approval of the final account, the guardian or\n\nconservator and his sureties, if any, shall be discharged.\nfinal account and contest the same.\n\n3. The settlement of the account and the allowance thereof by\n\nthe court shall be conclusive against all persons interested in the\n\nestate of the ward, except as to persons subject to a legal\n\ndisability at the time the notice of hearing is given.\n\n4. Upon approval of the final account, the guardian or\n\nconservator and his sureties, if any, shall be discharged.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 6578. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 248, § 83; Laws 1988,\n\nc. 329, § 120, eff. Dec. 1, 1988. Renumbered from Title 58, § 875\n\nby Laws 1988, c. 329, § 134, eff. Dec. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws\n\n1992, c. 274, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.","path":["OK Code","Title 30"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os30.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b8da989c427b417e3f56676c0a1fd7a3a03c59963ee0a8d5c021819d695d3e50","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-4-802","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-30-30-4-804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}