15-5-105. EVIDENCE IN PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING VETERAN’S BENEFITS. If benefits derived from the United States through the veteran’s administration are involved in any proceeding under this chapter, a certificate of the administrator or his authorized representative shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity of appointment of a guardian or conservator or both if:
(a) It sets forth the age of the minor involved in the proceeding as shown by the records of the veterans administration and the fact that appointment is a condition precedent to payment of any moneys;
(b) It sets forth the fact that a purportedly incapacitated person involved in the proceeding has been rated incompetent by the veterans administration upon examination pursuant to the laws governing such administration and that appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to payment of any moneys due such incapacitated person.
History:
[I.C., sec. 15-5-105, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233.]
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