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Prob. Code § 2600 Section 2600
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Conservator” means (1) the conservator of the estate or (2) the limited conservator of the estate to the extent that the powers and duties of the limited conservator are specifically and expressly provided by th…
Prob. Code § 2601 Section 2601
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(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, if the ward or conservatee is employed at any time during the continuance of the guardianship or conservatorship: (1) The wages or salaries for such employment are not a part of the estate and the guardian or conservator is not accountab…
Prob. Code § 2610 Section 2610
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(a) Within 90 days after appointment, or within any further time as the court for reasonable cause upon ex parte petition of the guardian or conservator may allow, the guardian or conservator shall file with the clerk of the court and deliver pursuant to Section 1215 to the conse…
Prob. Code § 2611 Section 2611
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If the ward or conservatee is or has been during the guardianship or conservatorship a patient in a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the guardian or conservator shall deliver pursua…
Prob. Code § 2612 Section 2612
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If a timely request is made, the clerk of court shall deliver pursuant to Section 1215 a copy of the inventory and appraisal filed under Section 2610 to the county assessor.
Prob. Code § 2613 Section 2613
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Whenever any property of the ward or conservatee is discovered that was not included in the inventory, or whenever any other property is received by the ward or conservatee or by the guardian or conservator on behalf of the ward or conservatee (other than by the actions of the gu…
Prob. Code § 2614 Section 2614
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(a) Within 30 days after the inventory and appraisal is filed, the guardian or conservator or any creditor or other interested person may file written objections to any or all appraisals. The clerk shall set the objections for hearing not less than 15 days after their filing. (b)…
Prob. Code § 2614.5 Section 2614.5
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(a) If the guardian or conservator fails to file an inventory and appraisal within the time allowed by law or by court order, upon request of the ward or conservatee, the spouse of the ward or the spouse or domestic partner of the conservatee, any relative or friend of the ward o…
Prob. Code § 2614.7 Section 2614.7
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If a guardian or conservator of the person or estate, or both, is a professional fiduciary, as described in Section 2340, who is required to be licensed under the Professional Fiduciaries Act (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions …
Prob. Code § 2614.8 Section 2614.8
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At any time on or after one year from the submission of an hourly fee schedule or another statement of proposed compensation under this section or under Section 1510, 1821, 2250, or 2614.7, a guardian or conservator who is a professional fiduciary may submit a new proposed hourly…
Prob. Code § 2615 Section 2615
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If a guardian or conservator fails to file any inventory required by this article within the time prescribed by law or by court order, the guardian or conservator is liable for damages for any injury to the estate, or to any interested person, directly resulting from the failure …
Prob. Code § 2616 Section 2616
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(a) A petition may be filed under this article by any one or more of the following: (1) The guardian or conservator. (2) The ward or conservatee. (3) A creditor or other interested person, including persons having only an expectancy or prospective interest in the estate. (b) Upon…
Prob. Code § 2617 Section 2617
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Interrogatories may be put to a person cited to answer interrogatories under Section 2616. The interrogatories and answers shall be in writing. The answers shall be signed under penalty of perjury by the person cited. The interrogatories and answers shall be filed with the court.…
Prob. Code § 2618 Section 2618
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(a) At an examination, witnesses may be produced and examined on either side. (b) If upon the examination it appears that the allegations of the petition are true, the court may order the person to disclose the person’s knowledge of the facts. (c) If upon the examination it appea…
Prob. Code § 2619 Section 2619
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(a) On petition of the guardian or conservator, the court may issue a citation to a person who has possession or control of property in the estate of the ward or conservatee to appear before the court and make an account under oath of the property and the person’s actions with re…
Prob. Code § 2620 Section 2620
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(a) At the expiration of one year from the time of appointment and thereafter not less frequently than biennially, unless otherwise ordered by the court to be more frequent, the guardian or conservator shall present the accounting of the assets of the estate of the ward or conser…
Prob. Code § 2620.1 Section 2620.1
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The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2009, develop guidelines to assist investigators and examiners in reviewing accountings and detecting fraud.
Prob. Code § 2620.2 Section 2620.2
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(a) Whenever the conservator or guardian has failed to file an accounting as required by Section 2620, the court shall require that written notice be given to the conservator or guardian and the attorney of record for the conservatorship or guardianship directing the conservator …
Prob. Code § 2621 Section 2621
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Notice of the hearing on the account of the guardian or conservator shall be given for the period and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1460) of Part 1. If notice is required to be given to the Director of State Hospitals or the Director of Developmenta…
Prob. Code § 2622 Section 2622
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The ward or conservatee, the spouse of the ward or the spouse or domestic partner of the conservatee, any relative or friend of the ward or conservatee, or any creditor or other interested person may file written objections to the account of the guardian or conservator, stating t…
Prob. Code § 2622.5 Section 2622.5
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(a) If the court determines that the objections were without reasonable cause and in bad faith, the court may order the objector to pay the compensation and costs of the conservator or guardian and other expenses and costs of litigation, including attorney’s fees, incurred to def…
Prob. Code § 2623 Section 2623
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the guardian or conservator shall be allowed all of the following: (1) The amount of the reasonable expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the guardian or conservator (including, but not limi…
Prob. Code § 2625 Section 2625
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Any sale or purchase of property or other transaction not previously authorized, approved, or confirmed by the court is subject to review by the court upon the next succeeding account of the guardian or conservator occurring after the transaction. Upon such account and review, th…
Prob. Code § 2626 Section 2626
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If it appears upon the settlement of any account that the estate has been entirely exhausted through expenditures or disbursements which are approved by the court, the court, upon settlement of the account, shall order the proceeding terminated and the guardian or conservator for…
Prob. Code § 2627 Section 2627
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(a) After a ward has reached majority, the ward may settle accounts with the guardian and give the guardian a release which is valid if obtained fairly and without undue influence. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this code, a guardian is not entitled to a discharge until one …
Prob. Code § 2628 Section 2628
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(a) The court may make an order that the guardian or conservator need not present the accounts otherwise required by this chapter so long as all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The estate at the beginning and end of the accounting period for which an account is oth…
Prob. Code § 2630 Section 2630
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The termination of the relationship of guardian and ward or conservator and conservatee by the death of either, by the ward attaining majority, by the determination of the court that the guardianship or conservatorship is no longer necessary, by the removal or resignation of the …
Prob. Code § 2631 Section 2631
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(a) Upon the death of the ward or conservatee, the guardian or conservator may contract for and pay a reasonable sum for the expenses of the last illness and the disposition of the remains of the deceased ward or conservatee, and for unpaid court-approved attorney’s fees, and may…
Prob. Code § 2632 Section 2632
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Incapacitated” means lack of capacity to serve as guardian or conservator. (2) “Legal representative” means the personal representative of a deceased guardian or conservator or the conservator of the estate of an incapacitated guardian or conserv…
Prob. Code § 2633 Section 2633
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Subject to Section 2630, where the guardianship or conservatorship terminates before the inventory of the estate has been filed, the court, in its discretion and upon such notice as the court may require, may make an order that the guardian or conservator need not file the invent…