(a) Upon the occurrence of a triggering event set forth in an order appointing a standby guardian, the appointed standby guardian shall be empowered to assume the standby guardian duties immediately.
(b) If the triggering event is the incapacity or debilitation of the parent, legal custodian or guardian, the attending physician shall provide a copy of that physician’s determination to the appointed standby guardian if the guardian’s identity is known to the attending physician.
(c) Within 30 days following the assumption of guardianship duties, the appointed standby guardian shall petition the Court for confirmation. The confirmation petition shall include a determination of incapacity or debilitation, or a death certificate, as appropriate. If the petition is by an alternate appointed standby guardian, the petition shall include a statement that the appointed standby guardian is unable or unwilling to act, as the basis for the statement. Absent a judicial finding or determination of unfitness, the standby guardian’s power and authority shall commence immediately upon the occurrence of the triggering event and shall continue unimpeded until such time as the Court may hear the standby guardian’s petition for confirmation.
(d) The Court shall confirm an appointed standby guardian previously named and otherwise qualified to serve as guardian unless there is a judicial determination of unfitness with regard to the appointed standby guardian.
(e) A standby guardian may decline appointment at any time before the assumption of that standby guardian’s duties by filing a written statement to that effect with the Court, with notice to be provided to the petitioner and to the minor child if the latter is 14 years of age or older.
(f) Commencement of the duties of the standby guardian shall confer upon the appointed standby guardian shared authority with the parent, legal custodian, or guardian of the minor child unless the petition states otherwise.
(g) A parent, legal custodian, or guardian may revoke a standby guardianship by executing a written revocation, filing it with the Court where the petition was filed, and promptly notifying the appointed standby guardian of the revocation.
(h) A person who is judicially appointed as a standby guardian under this subchapter may at any time renounce the appointment by:
(1) Executing a written renunciation;
(2) Filing the renunciation with the Court; and
(3) Promptly notifying in writing the parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian of the renunciation.
76 Del. Laws, c. 222, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.
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