A person who is a guardian cannot be in charge of more than five wards (people they look after) at the same time. This rule does not apply to banks, trust companies, or public administrators. The only exception is if all the wards are from the same family. If someone files a complaint saying a guardian has too many wards, the court can remove that guardian from the extra cases and put a new guardian in place.
475.395. Number of wards limited. — No person, other than a bank, or shall be of more than five wards at one time, unless all the wards are members of one family. Upon presentation of a by an attorney of the or other , alleging that a guardian is acting in a for more than five wards and requesting his for that reason, the court, upon substantiating the petition, shall require a from such guardian and shall discharge him from guardianships in excess of five and appoint a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 4, A.L. 1951 p. 884)
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