Sec. 3. 18-A MRSA §5-408-A, sub-§(a), as enacted by PL 1993, c. 652, §7, is amended to read:

(a) When a person is alleged to be in need of protection and an emergency exists and no other person appears to have authority to act in the circumstances, upon appropriate petition, the court may exercise the power of a conservator or may enter an ex parte order appointing a temporary conservator in order to prevent serious, immediate and irreparable harm to the health or financial interests of the person alleged to be in need of protection and to preserve and apply the property of the person to be protected as may be required for that person's benefit or the benefit of that person's dependents. The petition must be accompanied by an affidavit that sets forth the factual basis for the emergency and the specific powers requested by the proposed conservator. In the order and in the letters of temporary conservatorship, the court shall specify the powers and duties of the temporary conservator, limiting the powers and duties to those necessary to address the emergency.

(1)__Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior to filing a petition under this subsection the petitioner shall provide notice orally or in writing to the following:

(i)__The person alleged to be in need of protection and the person's spouse, parents, adult children and any domestic partner known to the court;

(ii)__Any person who is serving as guardian or conservator or who has care and custody of the person alleged to be in need of protection; and

(iii)__In case no other person is notified under subparagraph (i), at least one of the closest adult relatives of the person alleged to be in need of