WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 574

(2)      (I) IF A DECREE UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION
PROVIDES THAT THE AUTHORITY OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN IS EFFECTIVE ON
RECEIPT OF A CERTIFICATE OF THE PETITIONER'S DEATH, THE STANDBY
GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY SHALL BEGIN ON THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S RECEIPT OF
A CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.

(II)     THE STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH WITH THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE DECREE WITHIN 90
DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE PETITIONER'S DEATH.

(III)    IF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN FAILS TO COMPLY WITH
SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE COURT MAY RESCIND THE STANDBY
GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY.

(3)      (I) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY SHALL BEGIN ON THE STANDBY
GUARDIAN'S RECEIPT OF THE PETITIONER'S WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING
OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY SIGNED BY:

1.        THE PETITIONER IN THE PRESENCE OF TWO WITNESSES
AT LEAST IS YEARS OF AGE, NEITHER OF WHOM MAY BE THE STANDBY GUARDIAN;
AND

2.        THE STANDBY GUARDIAN.

(II)     1. IF THE PETITIONER IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO SIGN A
WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY,
ANOTHER PERSON MAY SIGN THE CONSENT ON THE PETITIONER'S BEHALF AND AT
THE PETITIONER'S DIRECTION.

2.        A CONSENT UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY SHALL BE SIGNED IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE PETITIONER AND TWO WITNESSES AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE,
NEITHER OF WHOM MAY BE THE STANDBY GUARDIAN.

3.        A STANDBY GUARDIAN ALSO SHALL SIGN A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY UNDER
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.

(III)    THE STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL FILE THE WRITTEN CONSENT
WITH THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE DECREE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE DATE OF
RECEIPT OF THE WRITTEN CONSENT.

(IV)    IF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN FAILS TO COMPLY WITH
SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE COURT MAY RESCIND THE
STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY.

(F) THE PETITIONER MAY REVOKE A STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP CREATED
UNDER THIS SECTION BY:

(1) EXECUTING A WRITTEN REVOCATION;

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