- (a) A parental successor may be designated by an acknowledged document in a form to be prescribed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals; by the last will and testament of the person or persons having the right to make the nomination; or by formal appointment by the probate court in the city or town in which the petitioner or at least one of several petitioners reside.
- (b) Court appointment shall be by petition heard ex parte as a probate matter without notice, unless required by the court. Any designation or appointment of a parental successor may also designate or appoint one or more eligible persons or organizations to serve as successors to the first-named parental successor in the event of the unwillingness, inability, incapacity, or resignation of the first parental successor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.