District of Columbia Code
Subchapter VI - Protection of Property of Incapacitated, Disappeared or Detained Individuals
§ 21–2073. Preservation of estate plan; right to examine

In investing the estate, selecting assets of the estate for distribution under section 21-2071 , and utilizing powers of revocation or withdrawal available for the support of the protected individual and exercisable by the conservator or the court, the conservator and the court shall take into account any estate plan of the protected individual known to them, including a will, any revocable trust of which the individual is settlor, and any contract, transfer, or joint ownership arrangement originated by the protected individual with provisions for payment or transfer of benefits or interests at the individual’s death to another. The conservator may examine the will of the protected individual.
(Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-204, § 2(a), 34 DCR 632.)
1981 Ed., § 21-2073.
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 2-326 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