Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 28-67-103 (2026)
Petition for appointment
✓ current as of May 2026
A hearing may be had upon a petition for appointment of a conservator when:
- It is represented to the circuit court, upon verified petition of any person or any relative or friend, that a person is an inhabitant or resident of the county and by reason of advanced age or physical disability is unable to manage his or her property; and
- The person, if not himself or herself the petitioner, voluntarily consents to the granting of the petition and, if able to attend, is produced before the court at the hearing.
History. Acts 1975, No. 372, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 57-701.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2013–2016 · leading case: Howard v. Codling, 2013 Ark. App. 641.
Howard v. Codling, 2013 Ark. App. 641. “§ 28-67-103 and that he had not done so. The court stated that William’s counterclaim was pending and that its order dismissing the petition was without prejudice to the original petitioners to file a petition for appointment of a guardian if they chose to do so.”
In re Comm. on Civ. Practice, 2016 Ark. 29. “§§ 28-67-103, 28-67-105. A conservator has the same powers and duties as a guardian, except as to the custody of the person.”
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