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26-2A-78
Section 26-2A-78 Powers and duties of guardian of minor. (a) A guardian of a minor ward has
the powers and responsibilities of a parent regarding the ward's health, support, education,
or maintenance, but a guardian is not personally liable for the ward's expenses and is not
liable to third persons by reason of the relationship for acts of the ward. (b) In particular
and without qualifying the foregoing, a guardian shall: (1) Become or remain personally acquainted
with the ward and maintain sufficient contact with the ward to know of the ward's capacities,
limitations, needs, opportunities, and physical and mental health; (2) Take reasonable care
of the ward's personal effects and commence protective proceedings if necessary to protect
other property of the ward; (3) Apply any available money of the ward to the ward's current
needs for health, support, education, or maintenance; (4) Conserve any excess money of the
ward for the ward's future needs, but if a conservator has been...
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26-2A-20
Section 26-2A-20 General definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
CLAIMS. In respect of a protected person, includes liabilities of the protected person, whether
arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, and liabilities of the estate which arise at or after
the appointment of a conservator, including expenses of administration. (2) CONSERVATOR. A
person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person and includes
a limited conservator described in Section 26-2A-148(a). (3) COURT. A probate court of this
state. (4) COURT REPRESENTATIVE. A person appointed in a guardianship or protective proceeding
who is trained in law, nursing, or social work, is an officer, employee, or special appointee
of the court, and has no personal interest in the proceeding. (5) DISABILITY. Cause for a
protective order as described in Section 26-2A-130. (6) ESTATE. Includes...
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26-2A-6
Section 26-2A-6 Facility of payment or delivery; notice of payment. (a) Any person under a
duty to pay or deliver money or personal property to a minor may perform the duty, in amounts
as provided in this subsection, by paying or delivering the money or personal property to:
(1) Any person having the care and custody of the minor and with whom the minor resides; (2)
A guardian of the minor; or (3) The judge of probate of the county in which the minor resides,
if a resident of this state, or, if a nonresident, to the judge of probate or like officer
of the county in which the debtor or creditor resides. Payments under this subsection must
not exceed $5,000 if paid in a single payment, or $3,000 a year if paid in a series of payments,
and payments, by any person other than a conservator or judge, must not exceed a maximum of
$25,000 during the minority of the minor ward. The person obligated to make payment is discharged
of that duty or obligation by making the payment or delivery and...
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12-15-314
Section 12-15-314 Dispositions for dependent children. (a) If a child is found to be dependent,
the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect the welfare
of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian, or other legal
custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile court may prescribe.
(2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department of Human Resources.
(3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department of Human Resources.
b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume
the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed by the Department
of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child.
c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of Human Resources, is
found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the...
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26-2A-108
Section 26-2A-108 General powers and duties of guardian. (a) Except as limited pursuant to
Section 26-2A-105(c), a guardian of an incapacitated person is responsible for health, support,
education, or maintenance of the ward, but is not liable to third persons by reason of that
responsibility for acts of the ward. In particular and without qualifying the foregoing, a
guardian has the same duties, powers, and responsibilities as a guardian for a minor as described
in Section 26-2A-78(b), (c), and (d). (b) Except as provided in Division 2A, in addition to
the duties, powers, and responsibilities of a guardian described in subsection (a), a guardian
of an incapacitated person has the power to limit or enforce the ward's right to visitation
or communication with anyone, including the right to receive visitors, telephone calls, and
personal mail. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-209; Act 2016-404, §1.)...
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26-8-45
Section 26-8-45 Removal of property or money when minor or ward and conservator nonresidents
- When removal of person and estate of minor or ward permitted. The guardian may remove the
person or the conservator may remove the estate of a minor or ward to another state by making
a full settlement with the judge of the probate court where his or her letters were granted
of his or her conservator accounts and by procuring a transcript of the record of a court
of competent jurisdiction of such other state, certified according to the act of Congress,
showing the appointment of such person as guardian or conservator of the minor or ward, the
execution of bond by the conservator with surety for the performance of the trust. Thereupon,
the judge of probate must make an order authorizing such removal. (Code 1852, §2031; Code
1867, §2441; Code 1876, §2796; Code 1886, §2493; Code 1896, §2379; Code 1907, §4469;
Code 1923, §8242; Code 1940, T. 21, §114; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975,...
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26-2-2
Section 26-2-2 Removal of guardianship or conservatorship from probate to circuit court. The
administration or conduct of any guardianship or conservatorship of a minor or incapacitated
person may be removed from the probate court to the circuit court, at any time before the
final settlement thereof by the guardian or conservator of any such guardianship or conservatorship
or guardian ad litem or next friend of such ward or anyone entitled to support out of the
estate of such ward without assigning any special equity, and an order of removal must be
made by the court or judge upon the filing of a sworn petition by any such guardian or conservator
or guardian ad litem or next friend for the ward or such person entitled to support out of
the estate of such ward, reciting in what capacity the petitioner acts and that in the opinion
of the petitioner such guardianship or conservatorship can be better administered in the circuit
court than in the probate court. (Code 1923, §8102; Acts...
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26-2A-153
Section 26-2A-153 Distributive duties and powers of conservator. (a) A conservator may expend
or distribute income or principal of the estate without court authorization or confirmation
for the health, support, education, or maintenance of the protected person and dependents
in accordance with the following principles: (1) The conservator shall consider recommendations
relating to the appropriate standard of support, education, and benefit for the protected
person or dependents made by a parent or guardian, if any. The conservator may not be surcharged
for sums paid to persons or organizations furnishing support, education, or maintenance to
the protected person or a dependent pursuant to the recommendations of a parent or guardian
of the protected person unless the conservator knows that the parent or guardian derives personal
financial benefit therefrom, including relief from any personal duty of support, or the recommendations
are clearly not in the best interest of the protected...
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26-8-46
Section 26-8-46 Removal of property or money when minor or ward and conservator nonresidents
- Transcript showing appointment as conservator of minor or ward in state of residence, etc.;
notice to resident administrator, guardian, etc.; entry of order authorizing removal of property
to state of residence. The conservator must produce a transcript from the records of a court
of competent jurisdiction, certified according to the act of Congress, showing that he or
she has been appointed conservator of the minor or ward in the state in which he or she and
the minor or ward reside and has duly qualified as such according to the laws thereof and
given bond, with surety, for the performance of his or her trust; and must also give 10 days'
notice to the resident executor, administrator, or conservator, if there is such, of the intended
application. Thereupon, if good cause is not shown to the contrary and the judge of probate
shall be satisfied, upon proof being made, that it will be for the...
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26-8-23
Section 26-8-23 Preparation, certification, and filing of record of proceedings; grant of guardianship
or conservatorship and filing of transcript thereof; removal; powers of guardian or conservator
as to recovery, receipt, etc., of property of minor or ward. If the removal authorized is
of the person and property of the minor or ward, a transcript of the record of the proceedings
must be made and certified and filed in the court of probate of the county to which the removal
is to be made. Upon the filing of such transcript, such court has jurisdiction to grant guardianship
or conservatorship of the person or conservatorship of property of the minor or ward, and
on such grant being made and a transcript thereof, duly certified, being filed in the court
of probate authorizing the removal, such removal may be made. The conservator so appointed
has full authority to demand, recover, and receive the property of the minor or ward from
and after the making of the removal. (Code 1886, §2486;...
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