This afternoon the Iowa Supreme Court issued a Supervisory Order clarifying powers and initial plan due dates for existing guardianships and conservatorships. Iowa’s new guardianship and conservatorship laws go into effect on January 1, 2020.

In the Supervisory Order, Acting Chief Justice Wiggins states that initial plans for guardians and conservators are due on the existing due date for annual reports. Furthermore, guardians and conservators retain authority to perform acts concerning the protected person following January 1, 2020 until the annual report due date.

The Supervisory Order can be found at the Iowa Judicial Branch website here: https://www.iowacourts.gov/collections/448/files/934/embedDocument/