Oregon Revised Statutes Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections § 412.028

(1) If, after such period as may be prescribed by the Department of Human Services, it appears to the department that the need for money payments of aid to a representative payee is continuing or likely to continue in any case, the department may petition for the judicial appointment of a guardian or a conservator of the estate of the relative referred to in ORS 412.026 (1). If a guardian or a conservator of the estate of the relative is appointed and duly qualified, money payments of aid otherwise payable to the relative, or representative payee, shall be paid to the guardian or the conservator until the department determines that the conditions which would justify money payments of aid to a representative payee under ORS 412.026 no longer exist.

(2) Subject to funds made available to the department for administrative expenditures, the department shall, with respect to any guardianship or conservatorship established under this section: