52-3-207. Protective services not creating guardianship or conservatorship, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 52. FAMILY SERVICES

CHAPTER 3. ADULT SERVICES

Part 2. Protective Services

Protective Services Not Creating Guardianship Or Conservatorship

52-3-207. Protective services not creating guardianship or conservatorship. (1) The provision of protective services does not create a guardianship or conservatorship relationship between the department and the vulnerable adult.

(2) The department may not provide protective services that impose a legal limitation or restriction on a vulnerable adult:

(a) except emergency protective services provided under 52-3-804; or

(b) unless the department has been appointed legal guardian for the vulnerable adult under the provisions of Title 72, chapter 5, part 3.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 343, L. 1981; Sec. 53-5-207, MCA 1989; redes. 52-3-207 by Code Commissioner, 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 465, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 12, L. 2023.