Sec. 7. Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person, a certificate of the administrator or the administrator's duly authorized representative that the person has been rated incompetent or incapacitated by the Department on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the Department and that the appointment of a guardian or the issuance of a protective order is a condition precedent to the payment of money due the protected person by the Department shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for the appointment. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.2007. As amended by P.L.33-1989, SEC.44.
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