ORS 125.070
Contents of notice


(1)

The notice required by ORS 125.060 (Who must be given notice) must contain the following:

(a)

The name, address and telephone number of the petitioner or the person making the motion, and the relationship of the petitioner or person making the motion to the respondent.

(b)

A copy of the petition or motion.

(c)

A statement on where objections may be made or filed and the deadline for making or filing those objections.

(d)

If a hearing has been set, the date, time and place of the hearing.

(2)

In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a notice of a petition for the appointment of a conservator for a respondent who is alleged to be financially incapable or a notice of a petition for the appointment of a guardian or conservator for a respondent who is a minor that is served on the respondent must contain the following:

(a)

An explanation of the purpose and possible consequences of the petition.

(b)

A statement that financial resources of the respondent may be used to pay court-approved expenditures of the proceeding.

(c)

Information regarding any free or low-cost legal services and other relevant services available in the area.

(d)

Information on any appointment of a visitor and the role of the visitor.

(e)

A statement of the rights of the respondent as follows:

(A)

The right to be represented by an attorney.

(B)

The right to file a written or oral objection.

(C)

The right to request a hearing.

(D)

The right to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses at any hearing.

(E)

The right to request at any time that the power of the fiduciary be limited by the court.

(F)

The right to request at any time the removal of the fiduciary or a modification of the protective order.

(3)

In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a notice of a petition for the appointment of a guardian for a respondent who is alleged to be incapacitated must contain a notice, printed in 14-point type, in substantially the following form:

To: Respondent ______________:
______________, Petitioner, who is your ______________ (relationship to respondent), or that is an agency or business that provides guardianship services, has asked a judge for the power to make decisions for you. The judge has been asked to give this person, agency or business the authority to make the following decisions for you (mark the appropriate spaces):
__ Medical and health care decisions, including decisions on which doctors you will see and what medications and treatments you will receive.
__ Residential decisions, including decisions on whether you can stay where you are currently living or be moved to another place.
__ Financial decisions, including decisions on paying your bills and decisions about how your money is spent.
__ Other decisions: ___________
______________________.
YOUR MONEY MAY BE USED IF THE JUDGE APPOINTS A GUARDIAN FOR YOU. YOU MAY BE ASKED TO PAY FOR THE TIME AND EXPENSES OF THE GUARDIAN, THE TIME AND EXPENSES OF THE PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY, THE TIME AND EXPENSES OF YOUR ATTORNEY, FILING FEES AND OTHER COSTS.
YOU MUST TELL SOMEONE AT THE COURTHOUSE BEFORE ___________ (DATE) IF YOU OPPOSE HAVING SOMEONE ELSE MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR YOU.
OBJECTIONS:
You can write to the judge if you do not want someone else making decisions for you. The judge’s address is: _________.
You have the right to object to the appointment of a guardian by saying you want to continue to make your own decisions. If you do not want another person, agency or business making decisions for you, you can object. If you do not want ________ (Proposed Guardian) to make these decisions for you, you can object. If you do not want your money to be used to pay for these expenses, you can object.
You can object any time after the judge has appointed a guardian. You can ask the judge at any time to limit the kinds of decisions that the guardian makes for you so that you can make more decisions for yourself. You can also ask the judge at any time to end the guardianship.
THE HEARING:
The judge will hold a hearing if you do not want a guardian, do not want this particular person to act as your guardian or do not want your money used this way. At the hearing, the judge will listen to what you and others have to say about whether you need someone else to make decisions for you, who that person should be and whether your money should be spent on these things. You can have your witnesses tell the judge why you do not need a guardian and you can bring in records and other information about why you think that you do not need a guardian. You can ask your witnesses questions and other witnesses questions.
THE COURT VISITOR:
The judge will appoint someone to investigate whether you need a guardian to make decisions for you. This person is called a “visitor.” The visitor works for the judge and does not work for the person who filed the petition asking the judge to appoint a guardian for you, for you or for any other party. The visitor will come and talk to you about the guardianship process, about whether you think that you need a guardian and about who you would want to be your guardian if the judge decides that you need a guardian. The visitor will talk to other people who have information about whether you need a guardian. The visitor will make a report to the judge about whether what the petition says is true, whether the visitor thinks that you need a guardian, whether the person proposed as your guardian is able and willing to be your guardian, who would be the best guardian for you and what decisions the guardian should make for you. If there is a hearing about whether to appoint a guardian for you, the visitor will be in court to testify.
You can tell the visitor if you don’t want someone else making decisions for you when the visitor comes to talk with you about this matter.
LEGAL SERVICES:
You can call a lawyer if you don’t want someone else making decisions for you. If you don’t have a lawyer, you can ask the judge whether a lawyer can be appointed for you.
There may be free or low-cost legal services or other relevant services in your local area that may be helpful to you in the guardianship proceeding. For information about these services, you can call the following telephone numbers ___________ and ask to talk to people who can help you find legal services or other types of services.
OBJECTION FORM:
You can mark the blue sheet (Respondent’s Objection) that is attached to this form if you do not want someone else to make your decisions for you. You can give the blue sheet to the visitor when the visitor comes to talk with you about this, you can show it to your attorney or you can mail it to the judge.

(4)

In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a notice of a petition that is served on a respondent who is alleged to be incapacitated must contain an objection form, printed on blue paper in 14-point type, in substantially the following form:

) Case No. _____

(Case Title)

)
) RESPONDENT’S
) OBJECTION
)
)
)
I object to the petition for the following reasons:
__ I do not want anyone else making any of my decisions for me.
__ I do not want ___________ making any decisions for me.
__ I do not want ___________ to make the following decisions for me:
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
GIVE TO THE VISITOR OR MAIL TO:
_____________________

(5)

In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a notice of a petition provided to a person other than the respondent must contain a statement as follows:

NOTICE: If you wish to receive copies of future filings in this case, you must inform the judge and the person named as petitioner in this notice. You must inform the judge by filing a request for notice and paying any applicable fee. The request for notice must be in writing, must clearly indicate that you wish to receive future filings in the proceedings and must contain your name, address and phone number. You must notify the person named as petitioner by mailing a copy of the request to the petitioner. Unless you take these steps, you will receive no further copies of the filings in the case.

[1995 c.664 §10; 1999 c.775 §3; 2001 c.416 §1]

Source: Section 125.070 — Contents of notice, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors125.­html.

125.005
Definitions
125.010
Protective proceedings
125.012
Petition for protective order
125.015
Jurisdiction of protective proceedings
125.020
Venue for protective proceedings
125.025
Authority of the court in protective proceedings
125.030
Use of limited judgment in protective proceedings
125.035
Reports to Legislative Assembly regarding protective proceedings
125.050
Application of ORCP and Oregon Evidence Code
125.055
Petitions in protective proceedings
125.060
Who must be given notice
125.065
Manner of giving notice
125.070
Contents of notice
125.075
Presentation of objections
125.080
Hearing
125.082
Notice of appointment
125.085
Motions after appointment of a fiduciary
125.090
Termination of proceedings
125.095
Fees, costs and disbursements payable in protective proceedings
125.098
Factors in determining award of attorney fees
125.120
Protected person special advocate
125.150
Appointment of visitors
125.155
Visitor’s report
125.160
Subsequent appointment of visitor
125.165
Qualifications and standards for visitors
125.170
Payment and reimbursement for visitor services
125.200
Preferences in appointing fiduciary
125.205
Persons not qualified to act as fiduciary
125.210
Circumstances requiring notice to court
125.215
Acceptance of appointment as fiduciary
125.221
Conflicts of interest
125.225
Removal of fiduciary
125.230
Termination of fiduciary’s authority
125.235
Liability of fiduciary
125.240
Professional fiduciaries
125.242
Exemptions for financial institutions and trust companies
125.300
In general
125.305
Order of appointment
125.310
Letters of guardianship
125.315
General powers and duties of guardian
125.320
Limitations on guardian
125.323
Limits on association
125.325
Guardian’s report
125.330
Limitations on guardian appointed for person committed to custody of Department of Corrections
125.400
Order of appointment
125.405
Letters of conservatorship
125.410
Conservator’s bond
125.415
Termination of bond by surety
125.420
Power of conservator over property of protected person
125.425
Powers of conservator to pay expenses of protected person and dependents
125.430
Sale of protected person’s residence
125.435
Power of conservator to make gifts
125.440
Acts conservator may perform only with court approval
125.445
Acts authorized to be performed without prior court approval
125.450
Voidable transactions
125.455
Power of competent protected person over estate
125.460
Consideration of estate plan of protected person
125.465
Discovery of property
125.470
Filing of inventory required
125.475
Conservator’s accounting to court
125.480
Approval of accounting
125.485
Liability of conservator
125.490
Status of persons dealing with conservator
125.495
Payment of claims against estate or protected person
125.500
Enforcement of claim against estate or protected person
125.505
Notice of claim to conservator
125.510
Procedure where claim disallowed
125.515
Effect of presentation of claim on statute of limitations
125.520
Order of payment of expenses and claims
125.525
Termination of conservatorship
125.530
Powers and duties of conservator on death of protected person
125.535
Disposition of small estate
125.540
Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator
125.600
In general
125.605
Procedure for appointment of temporary fiduciary
125.610
Report of temporary fiduciary
125.650
Other protective orders
125.675
Definitions
125.678
Appointment
125.680
Duties of Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator
125.681
Authority to require fingerprints of employees, volunteers or contractors
125.683
Needs assessment
125.685
Deputy public guardian and conservator
125.687
Limitations of court on appointment of Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator
125.689
Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator Fund
125.691
Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator Protected Person Trust Account
125.693
High-risk teams
125.694
Confidentiality
125.700
Office of county public guardian and conservator
125.705
Effect of vacancy in office of county public guardian and conservator
125.710
Powers and duties of county public guardian and conservator
125.715
Bond
125.720
Deposit of funds
125.725
Reimbursement of county public guardian and conservator’s expenses from estate of ward or protected person
125.730
Fees prohibited
125.800
Short title
125.802
Definitions
125.805
International application
125.807
Communication between courts
125.810
Cooperation between courts
125.812
Taking testimony in another state
125.815
Definitions
125.817
Exclusive basis
125.820
Jurisdiction
125.822
Special jurisdiction
125.825
Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction
125.827
Appropriate forum
125.830
Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
125.832
Notice of proceeding
125.835
Proceedings in more than one state
125.837
Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state
125.840
Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state
125.842
Registration of guardianship orders
125.845
Registration of conservatorship orders
125.847
Effect of registration
125.850
Uniformity of application and construction
125.852
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