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Subchapter I - Appointment of Guardian; Bond
§ 21–101. Natural guardians of the person - (a) The father and mother are the natural guardians of...
§ 21–102. Testamentary guardians of the person - When one parent is dead, the other, whether of full...
§ 21–103. Appointment of guardians of the person by court; limitation of number of wards - (a) When an infant has neither a natural nor testamentary...
§ 21–104. Termination of guardianship of the person - A natural guardianship or an appointive guardianship of the person...
§ 21–105. Appointment by deed or will for child inheriting from parent - (a) In case of the death of either parent from...
§ 21–106. Guardian of estate - (a) Subject to sections 21-101 to 21-104, when land descends...
§ 21–107. Preferences in appointment of guardian of estate - In appointing a guardian of the estate of an infant,...
§ 21–108. Selection of guardian by infant - (a) When a guardian, either of the person or the...
§ 21–109. Spouse as guardian of estate - When an infant to whom a guardian of his or...
§ 21–110. Service on nonresident guardian; failure to give power of attorney - Before original or ancillary letters of guardianship are issued, the...
§ 21–111. Ancillary guardian of estate of nonresident infant - When an infant residing outside the District of Columbia is...
§ 21–112. Suits by ancillary guardian - (a) Upon the granting of ancillary letters, the guardian may...
§ 21–113. Enjoining spouse, parent, or testamentary guardian from interfering with minor’s estate - On application of a friend of an infant entitled to...
§ 21–114. Bond from parents of child entitled to property - When an infant whose father or mother is living becomes...
§ 21–115. Bond of guardian of estate - A guardian appointed by the court, other than a corporation...
§ 21–116. One bond for several wards - When a person is guardian to a number of persons...
§ 21–117. Additional bond - The court may at any time require a guardian to...
§ 21–118. Counter security; petition by surety - If a surety of a guardian by petition sets forth...
§ 21–119. Allowances made before bond given - An allowance made to a guardian for the clothing, support,...
§ 21–120. Settlement of actions involving minor children; appointment of guardian of estate - (a) A person entitled to maintain or defend an action...
Subchapter II - Property of Infants
§ 21–141. Possession of property - On the execution of his bond, a guardian is entitled...
§ 21–142. Inventory - Within three months after the execution and approval of his...
§ 21–143. Duties; accounts; maintenance and education; sales; compensation - A guardian shall manage the estate for the best interests...
§ 21–144. Property subject to liens - When an infant is entitled to real or personal estate...
§ 21–145. Property subject to executory contract - When an infant is: (1) entitled to real or personal...
§ 21–146. Contract for sale by adult in behalf of himself and infant - When a contract is made for the sale of real...
§ 21–147. Sale of infant’s principal for maintenance or education - When it appears, upon the verified petition of a guardian,...
§ 21–148. Sale or exchange of real estate; proceedings - When a guardian or, in case of his refusal to...
§ 21–149. Parties - The infant, together with those who would succeed to the...
§ 21–150. Proof - Every fact material to determine the propriety of a sale...
§ 21–151. Decree of sale; costs - When, in a proceeding brought pursuant to section 21-148 ,...
§ 21–152. Terms of sale; lien - A sale pursuant to a decree issued pursuant to section...
§ 21–153. Exchanges; appointment of trustees - In decreeing an exchange of an infant’s estate for other...
§ 21–154. Ratification of sales by court - A sale of property of an infant is not effectual...
§ 21–155. Sale or exchange of particular estate or remainder; application of income - Where an infant is entitled to a particular estate, as...
§ 21–156. Lease of infant’s estate - Where it appears to the court that it will be...
§ 21–157. Mortgage of infant’s estate - Where it appears to the court by proof that it...
§ 21–158. Final account - On arrival of a ward at the age of 18...
Subchapter III - Indigent Boys
§ 21–181. Enlistment of indigent minor children - The Probate Court may appoint guardians to indigent minor children...
§ 21–182. Preparation of guardianship papers - The Register of Wills shall prepare papers in connection with...