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§ 64.2-1804 Powers of courts over guardians

The circuit courts may hear and determine all matters between guardians and their wards, require settlements of guardianship accounts, remove any guardian for neglect or breach of trust and appoint another guardian for the ward, and make any order for the custody, health, maintenance, education, and support of a ward and the management, disbursement, preservation, and investment of the ward’s estate.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as § 5326. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1950, when it was recodified as § 31-14; in 1999, chapter 16; in 2012, chapter 614.

Code 1919, § 5326; Code 1950, § 31-14; 1999, c. 16; 2012, c. 614.

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