Is there even a generalized guideline on how to handover npm packages? It would seem like common sense to let something die and let any new interested maintain

Is there even a generalized guideline on how to handover npm packages? It would seem like common sense to let something die and let any new interested maintainers fork the project thank to just wantonly hand it over to a complete stranger. But I could easily see someone getting into the habit of trusting people and not thinking about it too much. Maybe a combination of better guidelines, some kind of code of ethics along with better means of communicating these changes through npm would've helped this issue a lot more. If not to actually prevent the problem then to at least have some ground to hold people accountable other than accusations of people should know better.