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§43A-7-113.


§43A-7-113.
   
   If after full examination and hearing the court shall determine that a
   person is mentally incompetent, but that it is not necessary to
   hospitalize him for treatment or for his own welfare, the welfare of
   others or of the community, the judge of the district court must issue
   an order adjudging the person to be mentally incompetent and must
   appoint a guardian of his person and estate with the powers and duties
   that are prescribed for the guardian of a minor. Every such guardian
   has the care and custody of his ward, and the management of all his
   estate, until such guardian is legally discharged. The guardian shall
   give bond to the State of Oklahoma, in like manner and with like
   conditions, as before prescribed with respect to the guardian of a
   minor, provided that upon a finding by the district court that:
   
   1. The anticipated annual income to a ward for one (1) year plus the
   value of the personal property of the ward is less than Forty Thousand
   Dollars ($40,000.00); and
   
   2. The guardian of the ward is either a parent or a child of the ward,
   
   the court may order that a bond is not necessary.
   
   In all other cases, except as provided in subsection A of Section 776
   of this title, a bond shall be required.
   

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