New Hampshire Statutes

§ 464-A:1 — Purpose

New Hampshire·Title XLIV GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote and protect the well-being of the proposed ward in involuntarily imposed protective proceedings. This chapter is designed to provide procedural and substantive safeguards for civil liberties and property rights of a proposed ward or an individual already under guardianship powers. It is the further purpose of this chapter to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance in the individual; to encourage rehabilitative care, rather than custodial care for incapacitated individuals; and to impose protective orders only to the extent necessitated by the individual's functional limitations.

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Legislative History

1979, 370:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.

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