Current through 2024 Legislative Session
Section 27-20.1-13 - Effect of order appointing a guardian1. An order appointing a guardian of a child suspends any authority of a parent that is granted to the guardian under that order. A parent subject to such an order is entitled to treatment as a party at any subsequent juvenile court proceeding regarding the child.2. While a guardianship is in effect, the parent has the following rights: a. Parenting time, contact, and information, to the extent delineated in the guardianship order issued by the court. A parent may petition the court for specific enforcement provisions of the order relating to contact, parenting time, or information; andb. Inheritance from the child.3. The parent has the primary responsibility to financially support the child.Added by S.L. 2019, ch. 264 (SB 2073),§ 7, eff. 8/1/2019.