Authority of Attorney or Guardian Ad

Litem for Respondent. (a) Once an attorney or a guardian ad litem is appointed or appears in a conservatorship or guardianship case, the attorney or guardian ad litem must be served with all pleadings, reports, and filings in the case. (b) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the authority of an attorney or guardian ad litem to act on behalf of an incapacitated person terminates as follows: (1) upon order of the court allowing the attorney or guardian ad litem to withdraw or removing the attorney or guardian ad litem from the case; (2) upon entry of an order closing the case; or (3) upon the death of the respondent. (SCO 1443 effective October 15, 2001)