(a)The guardian shall:
(i)Determine and facilitate the least restrictive
and most appropriate and available residence for the ward;
(ii)Facilitate the ward's education, social and
other activities;
(iii)Subject to the restrictions of W.S. 3-2-202,
authorize or expressly withhold authorization of medical or
other professional care, treatment or advice;
(iv)Take reasonable care of the ward's personal
property;
(v)Commence protective proceedings if necessary to
protect the property of the ward;
(vi)Apply to the ward's current needs for support,
care and education as much of the money or property paid or
delivered to the guardian pursuant to W.S. 3-3-108 as may be
appropriate;
(vii)Exercise due care to conserve excess funds for
the ward's future needs;
(viii)Pay to the conservator exc
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(a) The guardian shall:
(i) Determine and facilitate the least restrictive
and most appropriate and available residence for the ward;
(ii) Facilitate the ward's education, social and
other activities;
(iii) Subject to the restrictions of W.S. 3-2-202,
authorize or expressly withhold authorization of medical or
other professional care, treatment or advice;
(iv) Take reasonable care of the ward's personal
property;
(v) Commence protective proceedings if necessary to
protect the property of the ward;
(vi) Apply to the ward's current needs for support,
care and education as much of the money or property paid or
delivered to the guardian pursuant to W.S. 3-3-108 as may be
appropriate;
(vii) Exercise due care to conserve excess funds for
the ward's future needs;
(viii) Pay to the conservator excess funds at least
annually;
(ix) Request the court to modify the guardian's range
of duties if the changed circumstances of the ward require such
modification; and
(x) Following the death of a ward, arrange for the
final disposition of the ward's remains according to the ward's
expressed wishes if known, if the immediate family is
unavailable or unwilling to assume responsibility. For purposes
of this paragraph, "immediate family" is defined as parents,
spouse, grandparents, siblings and adult children.
(b) The guardian may:
(i) Receive money payable from any conservatorship
for the support of the ward;
(ii) Receive money or property of the ward paid or
delivered to the guardian pursuant to W.S. 3-3-108;
(iii) Institute proceedings to compel the performance
by any person of the duty to support or contribute to the
support of the ward;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 114, § 3.
(v) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 114, § 3.
(vi) Consent to the marriage or adoption of the ward.
(c) The guardian is not liable for injury to the ward
resulting from the negligence or acts of third persons performed
by authority given by the guardian for medical or other
professional care, treatment or advice, unless it would have
been negligent for a parent to have given that authority.
(d) Funds received by the guardian pursuant to W.S.
3-3-108 shall not be used for compensation for the services of
the guardian unless approved as required under W.S. 3-2-111.
(e) The guardian of a minor has the powers and
responsibilities of a parent who has not been deprived of
custody of his unemancipated minor child. A guardian who is not
a parent of the minor is not obligated to expend his own funds
for the support of the ward. A guardian who is not the parent
of a minor is not liable to third persons for acts of the ward
by reason of the relationship of guardian and ward.