(a) Subject to sections 21-101 to 21-104, when land descends or is devised to an infant under 18 years of age, or the infant is entitled to a distributive share of the personal estate of an intestate or to a legacy or bequest under a last will, or acquires real or personal property by gift or purchase, the Probate Court may appoint a guardian of the infant’s estate; and if there is a guardian of the person of the infant the guardian of the estate so appointed may be the same or a different person.
(b) The appointment may be made at any time after the probate of the will or the grant of administration when the infant is entitled as a devisee, legatee, or next of kin.
(c) Only trust companies may act as guardian of the estate of more than five infants at one time, unless the infants are entitled to shares of the same estate.
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 738, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; July 22, 1976, D.C. Law 1-75, § 4(e), 23 DCR 1181.)
1981 Ed., § 21-106.
1973 Ed., § 21-106.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 21 - Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
Chapter 1 - Guardianship of Infants
Subchapter I - Appointment of Guardian; Bond
§ 21–101. Natural guardians of the person
§ 21–102. Testamentary guardians of the person
§ 21–103. Appointment of guardians of the person by court; limitation of number of wards
§ 21–104. Termination of guardianship of the person
§ 21–105. Appointment by deed or will for child inheriting from parent
§ 21–107. Preferences in appointment of guardian of estate
§ 21–108. Selection of guardian by infant
§ 21–109. Spouse as guardian of estate
§ 21–110. Service on nonresident guardian; failure to give power of attorney
§ 21–111. Ancillary guardian of estate of nonresident infant
§ 21–112. Suits by ancillary guardian
§ 21–113. Enjoining spouse, parent, or testamentary guardian from interfering with minor’s estate
§ 21–114. Bond from parents of child entitled to property
§ 21–115. Bond of guardian of estate
§ 21–116. One bond for several wards
§ 21–118. Counter security; petition by surety
§ 21–119. Allowances made before bond given
§ 21–120. Settlement of actions involving minor children; appointment of guardian of estate