§ 28-66-116. Copies of public records to be furnished
When a copy of any public record is required by the Veterans’ Administration to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in benefits made available by the Veterans’ Administration, the official custodian of such public record shall without charge provide the applicant for such benefits or any person acting on his […]
§ 28-66-117. Discharge of guardian and release of sureties
In addition to any other provisions of law relating to judicial restoration and discharge of guardian, a certificate by the Veterans’ Administration showing that a minor ward has attained majority, or that an incompetent ward has been rated competent by the Veterans’ Administration upon examination in accordance with law shall be prima facie evidence that […]
§ 28-66-118. Commitment to Veterans’ Administration or other agency of United States Government
(1) Whenever, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for the commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or otherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his proper care, it is determined after such adjudication of the status of such person as may be required […]
§ 28-66-119. Liberal construction
This chapter shall be so construed to make uniform the law of these states which enact it.
§ 28-66-120. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Veterans’ Guardianship Act.”
§ 28-66-105. Appointment of guardians
(1) A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed by any relative or friend of the ward or by any person who is authorized by law to file such a petition. If there is no person so authorized or if the person so authorized refuses or fails to file such a petition […]
§ 28-66-121. Severability
If any provision of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
§ 28-66-106. Evidence of necessity for guardian for infant
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a minor, a certificate of the administrator or his authorized representative, setting forth the age of such minor as shown by the records of the Veterans’ Administration and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment […]
§ 28-66-122. Modification of prior laws
All acts or parts of acts relating to beneficiaries of the Veterans’ Administration inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed, especially §§ 6318 to 6337 inclusive of Pope’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, and Act 283 of 1941. Except where inconsistent with this chapter, the laws of this state relating to guardian and ward […]
§ 28-66-107. Evidence of necessity for guardian for incompetent
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the administrator or his duly authorized representative that such person has been rated incompetent by the Veterans’ Administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such Veterans’ Administration and that the appointment of […]