An alleged incapacitated person shall not be permitted by the court to consent to the appointment of a guardian. All the procedural safeguards contained in Chapter 45, Article 5 NMSA 1978 pursuant to the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person shall apply in every guardianship proceeding. History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-317, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 252, § 15. Compiler's notes. — This section was enacted as 45-5-317 NMSA 1978 by Laws 1989, ch. 252, § 14, but was redesignated by the compiler as 45-5-315 NMSA 1978.
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