Printable Format59-3019.
History: L. 1965, ch. 347, § 19; L. 1972, ch. 220, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 99, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 244, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 200, § 2; Repealed, L. 2002, ch. 114, § 81; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Controlling as to courts construction of instrument; intent of testator determined; trust created. Schauf v. Thomas, 209 Kan. 592, 601, 498 P.2d 256.
2. Cited in holding probate court not authorized to determine ownership and distribute assets in settling conservatorship estate. In re Estate of Ingram, 212 Kan. 218, 224, 510 P.2d 597.
3. Change of POD beneficiary on savings bonds by mentally competent person under voluntary conservatorship valid although not court approved. Union National Bank of Wichita v. Mayberry, 216 Kan. 757, 759, 760, 761, 533 P.2d 1303.
4. Held that a voluntary conservatorship deprives the conservatee of the capacity to contract and convey away property inter vivos that would diminish the conservatorship estate. Citizens State Bank & Trust Co. v. Nolte, 226 Kan. 443, 447, 601 P.2d 1110.
5. Cited; circumstances rendering order approving claims voidable due to conservator's substantial conflict of interest (K.S.A. 59-1703), "other interested parties" examined. In re Conservatorship of L.M.S., 12 Kan. App. 2d 725, 729, 755 P.2d 22 (1988).
6. Cited; penalty provisions of K.S.A. 59-1704 as mandatory regardless of conservator's putative good faith examined. In re Conservatorship of Marcotte, 243 Kan. 190, 197, 756 P.2d 1091 (1988).
7. Conservator's withdrawal of funds from joint account does not terminate rights of surviving joint owner to those funds. In re Estate of Briley, 16 Kan. App. 2d 546, 548, 825 P.2d 1181 (1992).