| (2) | Except as provided in Subsection (1), persons who are not disqualified have priority for appointment as guardian in the following order:
| (a) | a person who has been nominated by the incapacitated person, by any means other than that described in Subsection (1), if the incapacitated person was 14 years old or older when the nomination was executed and, in the opinion of the court, that person acted with sufficient mental capacity to make the nomination; |
| (b) | the spouse of the incapacitated person; |
| (c) | an adult child of the incapacitated person; |
| (d) | a parent of the incapacitated person, including a person nominated by will, written instrument, or other writing signed by a deceased parent; |
| (e) | any relative of the incapacitated person with whom he has resided for more than six months prior to the filing of the petition; |
| (f) | a person nominated by the person who is caring for him or paying benefits to him; |
| (g) | a specialized care professional, so long as the specialized care professional does not:
| (i) | profit financially or otherwise from or receive compensation for acting in that capacity, except for the direct costs of providing guardianship or conservatorship services; or |
| (ii) | otherwise have a conflict of interest in providing those services; |
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| (h) | any competent person or suitable institution; or |
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