District of Columbia Code
Subchapter VI - Protection of Property of Incapacitated, Disappeared or Detained Individuals
§ 21–2059. Effect of acceptance of appointment

By accepting appointment, a conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction of the court in any proceeding relating to the estate that may be instituted by any interested person. Notice of any proceeding shall be delivered to the conservator or mailed, by registered or certified mail, to the address as listed in the petition for appointment or as reported to the court and to the address as then known to the petitioner, except where the conservator resides in a foreign jurisdiction in which case notice shall be made to the court.
(Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-204, § 2(a), 34 DCR 632.)
1981 Ed., § 21-2059.
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 2-312 of the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (1982 Act).

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 21 - Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]

Chapter 20 - Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney

Subchapter VI - Protection of Property of Incapacitated, Disappeared or Detained Individuals

§ 21–2051. Protective proceedings

§ 21–2052. Original petition for appointment or protective order

§ 21–2053. Notice

§ 21–2054. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition

§ 21–2055. Permissible court orders

§ 21–2056. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized

§ 21–2057. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities

§ 21–2058. Bond

§ 21–2059. Effect of acceptance of appointment

§ 21–2060. Compensation and expenses

§ 21–2061. Death, resignation, or removal of conservator

§ 21–2062. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment

§ 21–2063. General duty of conservator

§ 21–2064. Inventory and records

§ 21–2065. Accounts

§ 21–2066. Conservators; title by appointment

§ 21–2067. Recording of conservator’s letters

§ 21–2068. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions

§ 21–2069. Persons dealing with conservators; protection

§ 21–2070. Powers of conservator in administration

§ 21–2071. Distributive duties and powers of conservator

§ 21–2072. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator

§ 21–2073. Preservation of estate plan; right to examine

§ 21–2074. Personal liability of conservator

§ 21–2075. Termination of proceedings

§ 21–2076. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings

§ 21–2077. Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers