Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-4-101
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Appointment as guardian of more than five wards
Official statutory text
prohibited - Exceptions.
No person shall be appointed guardian of any minor or
incapacitated or partially incapacitated person, who is, at the time
of the hearing of the application for appointment, the guardian of
as many as five persons, other than his own family or relatives.
The provisions of this section and Section 4-102 of this title shall
not apply to boards of control and superintendents of eleemosynary
or charitable institutions, under the control and charge of the
state, where under the law such boards of control and
superintendents may be appointed as guardians of the estates, or of
the persons, of those committed to their charge or safekeeping. The
provisions of this section shall not prohibit the appointment of
officers or managers of fraternal or benevolent orders or homes and
church orphanages as to inmates of such institutions. This section
shall in no way alter or repeal the provisions of Section 1001 of
Title 6 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Section 126.4 of Title 72 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
No person shall be appointed guardian of any minor or
incapacitated or partially incapacitated person, who is, at the time
of the hearing of the application for appointment, the guardian of
as many as five persons, other than his own family or relatives.
The provisions of this section and Section 4-102 of this title shall
not apply to boards of control and superintendents of eleemosynary
or charitable institutions, under the control and charge of the
state, where under the law such boards of control and
superintendents may be appointed as guardians of the estates, or of
the persons, of those committed to their charge or safekeeping. The
provisions of this section shall not prohibit the appointment of
officers or managers of fraternal or benevolent orders or homes and
church orphanages as to inmates of such institutions. This section
shall in no way alter or repeal the provisions of Section 1001 of
Title 6 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Section 126.4 of Title 72 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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