(a) The report and accounting required by W.S. 3-3-901 shall account for all of the assets, property and income of the ward during the period since the close of the last previous accounting, and shall include the following information so far as applicable: (i) The balance of funds on hand at the close of the previous accounting, and all amounts received from whatever source during the period covered by the accounting; (ii) An itemized account of all disbursements made during the period covered by the accounting; (iii) Changes in investments since the last previous report, including a list of all assets and recommendations of the conservator for the retention or disposition of any property held by the conservator; (iv) The amount of the bond of the conservator and the name of the surety; (v) The residence or physical location of the ward; (vi) The general physical and mental conditions of the ward; (vii) A description of those duties the conservator is exercising under W.S. 3-3-606 and 3-3-607; and (viii) Such other information necessary to show the condition of the affairs of the conservatorship. ARTICLE 10 - COSTS AND ACCOUNTS 3-3-1001. Payment of court costs. No order shall be entered approving an annual report of a guardian or conservator until the court costs which have been incurred in the guardianship or conservatorship have been paid or provided for. 3-3-1002. Court costs of guardianship. The ward or his estate shall be charged with the court costs of a guardianship of a ward, including the reasonable fees of the guardian and the attorney for the guardian. 3-3-1003. Court costs of conservatorship. The ward or his estate shall be charged with the court costs of a conservatorship for a ward, including the reasonable fees of the conservator and the attorney for the conservator. 3-3-1004. Settlement of accounts. The court shall settle each account filed by a conservator by allowing or disallowing it, either in whole or in part, or by surcharging the account against the conservator. ARTICLE 11 - TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS 3-3-1101. Cause for termination. (a) A guardianship shall cease, and a conservatorship shall terminate, upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances: (i) If upon attaining the age of majority when the ward is a minor who has not been adjudged an incompetent person or a mentally incompetent person; (ii) The death of the ward, subject to W.S. 3-2-109(a)(iii) and 3-2-201(a)(x); (iii) A determination by the court that the ward is competent and capable of managing his property and affairs, and that the continuance of the guardianship or conservatorship is not in his best interest; (iv) A determination by the court that the guardian or conservator is not acting in the best interest of the ward. In such case, the court shall appoint another guardian or conservator; (v) Upon determination by the court that the conservatorship or guardianship is no longer necessary for any other reason. 3-3-1102. Assets exhausted. (a) When the assets of the estate of the ward do not exceed the amount of charges and claims against them, the court may direct the conservator to proceed to terminate the conservatorship. (b) When the assets of a minor ward are exhausted or consist of only personal property of an aggregate value not in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), the court, upon application or upon its own motion, may terminate the conservatorship and direct the conservator to deliver the property to the parent or other person having custody of a minor ward for the use of the ward after payment of allowed claims and expenses of administration. Delivery of the property has the same force and effect as if delivery had been made to the ward after he attains majority. 3-3-1103. Accounting to ward; notice of hearing. Upon termination of a conservatorship, the conservator shall pay the costs of administration and render a full and complete accounting to the ward or his personal representative and to the court. Notice of hearing on the final report of a conservator shall be served on the ward or his personal representative unless notice is waived. Notice shall be served at the time and in the manner prescribed by the court. 3-3-1104. Delivery of assets. Upon termination of a conservatorship, all assets of the ward shall be delivered, under direction of the court, to the person or persons entitled thereto. 3-3-1105. Petition to terminate. (a) At any time, not less than six (6) months after the appointment of a guardian or conservator, the ward may petition the court alleging that he is no longer a proper subject of the guardianship or conservatorship and asking that the guardianship or conservatorship be terminated. (b) If any petition for termination of guardianship or conservatorship is denied, no other petition for termination may be filed until six (6) months have elapsed since the denial of the former petition. 3-3-1106. Discharge of conservator and release of bond. Upon settlement of the final accounting of a conservator and upon determination that the property of the ward has been delivered to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto, the court shall discharge the conservator and discharge the surety on the bond of the conservator. 3-3-1107. Termination of guardianships; reintegration plan. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for termination of guardianship by a parent, the court shall consider the best interests of the child while giving deference to the rebuttable presumption that a fit parent is entitled to custody of their child. (b) If the parent was found unfit at the time the guardianship was ordered, upon the parent's successful petition for the termination of guardianship the court may create a reintegration plan to impose any necessary requirements to facilitate the child's return to the parent including: (i) Establishing a graduated visitation schedule for the parent; (ii) Requiring the parent to attend a parenting class or other appropriate education or treatment designed to address the problems that contributed to the necessity for a guardianship and to pay all or part of the cost of the class, education or treatment in accordance with the parent's ability to pay; (iii) Any other provision the court deems necessary.
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