Idaho Statutes
§ 15-5-206 — COURT APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF MINOR — QUALIFICATIONS — PRIORITY OF MINOR’S NOMINEE
Idaho § 15-5-206
JurisdictionIdaho
Title 15UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
Part 2.GUARDIANS OF MINORS
Ch. 5PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 15-5-206 (2026).
Text
The court may appoint as guardian any person whose appointment would be in the best interests of the minor. The court shall appoint a person nominated by the minor, if the minor is fourteen (14) years of age or older, unless the court finds the appointment contrary to the best interests of the minor.
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Related
Re: Guardianship: Bond v. Round
339 P.3d 1154 (Idaho Supreme Court, 2014)
Matter of Guardianship of Diamond
707 P.2d 520 (Idaho Court of Appeals, 1985)
DOES I v. DOES II - Re Conservatorship of Minor Child
(Idaho Supreme Court, 2016)
Legislative History
[I.C., sec. 15-5-206, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233.]
Nearby Sections
15
§ 15-1-101
SHORT TITLE§ 15-1-102
PURPOSES — RULE OF CONSTRUCTION§ 15-1-104
SEVERABILITY§ 15-1-105
CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLIED REPEAL§ 15-1-106
EFFECT OF FRAUD AND EVASION§ 15-1-107
EVIDENCE AS TO DEATH OR STATUS§ 15-1-108
ACTS BY HOLDER OF GENERAL POWER§ 15-1-201
GENERAL DEFINITIONS§ 15-1-301
TERRITORIAL APPLICATION§ 15-1-303
VENUE — MULTIPLE PROCEEDINGS — TRANSFER§ 15-1-305
RECORDS AND CERTIFIED COPIES§ 15-1-305A
RECORDING PERMITTED — EFFECT§ 15-1-306
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