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| Department Description: The Public Fiduciary’s Office often conducts an investigation and recommends to the Court what is best for the incapacitated person. Cases are often referred to the Public Fiduciary’s Office by nursing homes, physicians, hospitals and Adult Protective Services. The Public Fiduciary will only be appointed if there is no other person who is willing to serve as guardian, conservator, personal representative and payee. |
| Program Activities: Provide guardianship/conservatorship services as statutorily set forth in the Arizona Revised Statutes for persons whom we have been court-appointed as guardian/conservator. Administration of the indigent burial program. Administration of decedent estates as statutorily set forth in the Arizona Revised Statutes for those estates on which we have been appointed by the Court. Collaborative effort with outside agencies to prevent and prosecute abuse/financial exploitation of the elderly and/or vulnerable adult. |