§ 79.09 Consolidated procedure.\n Upon petition for the appointment of a guardian the court may appoint\nsuch guardian to receive not only benefits from the veterans'\nadministration and income from such benefits, but such other property of\nthe ward to which he may be entitled and which is not then being\nadministered by a committee appointed pursuant to the provisions of\narticle seventy-eight of this chapter in the case of an incompetent or\npursuant to article seventy-seven of this chapter in the case of a\nconservatee, or guardian appointed pursuant to the provisions of the\nsurrogate's court procedure act in the case of an infant; provided,\nhowever, that if objection to such appointment of a guardian be made by\nor on behalf of such ward, such appointment shall not be made except\nupon compliance with said provisions of this chapter in the case of an\nincompetent or conservatee, or the surrogate's court procedure act in\nthe case of an infant.\n
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