Title 3, Guardian And Ward

Conservator may make gifts. For good cause shown and under order of court, a conservator may make gifts on behalf of the ward out of the assets of the ward to persons or religious, educational, scientific, charitable or other nonprofit organizations to whom or to which gifts were…

Conservator shall report and account. (a) A conservator shall present to the court and file in the conservatorship proceedings a written verified report and accounting of his administration: (i) Annually, within sixty (60) days following the anniversary date of his appointment, u…

Requirement of report and accounting. (a) The report and accounting required by W.S. 3-3-901 shall account for all of the assets, property and income of the ward during the period since the close of the last previous accounting, and shall include the following information so far …

Payment of court costs. No order shall be entered approving an annual report of a guardian or conservator until the court costs which have been incurred in the guardianship or conservatorship have been paid or provided for.

Court costs of guardianship. The ward or his estate shall be charged with the court costs of a guardianship of a ward, including the reasonable fees of the guardian and the attorney for the guardian.

Court costs of conservatorship. The ward or his estate shall be charged with the court costs of a conservatorship for a ward, including the reasonable fees of the conservator and the attorney for the conservator.

Settlement of accounts. The court shall settle each account filed by a conservator by allowing or disallowing it, either in whole or in part, or by surcharging the account against the conservator.

Cause for termination. (a) A guardianship shall cease, and a conservatorship shall terminate, upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances: (i) If upon attaining the age of majority when the ward is a minor who has not been adjudged an incompetent person or a mentall…

Assets exhausted. (a) When the assets of the estate of the ward do not exceed the amount of charges and claims against them, the court may direct the conservator to proceed to terminate the conservatorship. (b) When the assets of a minor ward are exhausted or consist of only pers…

Accounting to ward; notice of hearing. Upon termination of a conservatorship, the conservator shall pay the costs of administration and render a full and complete accounting to the ward or his personal representative and to the court. Notice of hearing on the final report of a co…

Delivery of assets. Upon termination of a conservatorship, all assets of the ward shall be delivered, under direction of the court, to the person or persons entitled thereto.

Petition to terminate. (a) At any time, not less than six (6) months after the appointment of a guardian or conservator, the ward may petition the court alleging that he is no longer a proper subject of the guardianship or conservatorship and asking that the guardianship or conse…

Discharge of conservator and release of bond. Upon settlement of the final accounting of a conservator and upon determination that the property of the ward has been delivered to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto, the court shall discharge the conservator and dischar…

Termination of guardianships; reintegration plan. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for termination of guardianship by a parent, the court shall consider the best interests of the child while giving deference to the rebuttable presumption that a fit parent is entitled to custody …