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

§ 21–2041. Procedure for court-appointment of a guardian of an incapacitated individual - (a) An incapacitated individual or any person interested in the...

§ 21–2042. Notice; guardianship proceeding - (a) In a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian...

§ 21–2043. Who may be guardian; priorities - (a) Any qualified person may be appointed guardian of an...

§ 21–2044. Findings; order of appointment - (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred in this...

§ 21–2045. Acceptance of appointment; consent of jurisdiction - By accepting appointment, a guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction...

§ 21–2045.01. Mandatory court review of guardianships - (a)(1) Within the 3-year period after the appointment of a...

§ 21–2046. Temporary guardians - (a) Temporary guardians are guardians appointed for a finite period...

§ 21–2047. Powers and duties of general guardian and limited guardian - Except as limited pursuant to section 21-2044 , a general...

§ 21–2047.01. Limitations on temporary, limited, and general guardians - A guardian shall not have the power: (1) To consent...

§ 21–2047.02. Powers and duties of emergency and health-care guardians - (a) Except as limited by sections 21-2046 and 21-2047.01, an...

§ 21–2048. Termination of guardianship for incapacitated individual - The authority and responsibility of a guardian of an incapacitated...

§ 21–2049. Removal or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity - (a)(1) On petition of the guardian, the court, after a...

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

§ 21–2051. Protective proceedings - (a) Upon petition and after notice and hearing in accordance...

§ 21–2052. Original petition for appointment or protective order - (a) The individual to be protected or any person who...

§ 21–2053. Notice - (a) On a petition for appointment of a conservator or...

§ 21–2054. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition - (a) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a...

§ 21–2055. Permissible court orders - (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred in this...

§ 21–2056. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized - (a) If it is established in a proper proceeding that...

§ 21–2057. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities - (a) The court may appoint a person or a corporation...

§ 21–2058. Bond - The court may require a conservator to furnish a bond...

§ 21–2059. Effect of acceptance of appointment - By accepting appointment, a conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction...

§ 21–2060. Compensation and expenses - (a) As approved by order of the court, any case...

§ 21–2061. Death, resignation, or removal of conservator - The court may remove a conservator for good cause, upon...

§ 21–2062. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment - (a) Any person interested in the welfare of an individual...

§ 21–2063. General duty of conservator - A conservator, in relation to powers conferred by this subchapter,...

§ 21–2064. Inventory and records - Within 60 days after appointment, each conservator shall prepare and...

§ 21–2065. Accounts - (a) Each conservator shall account to the court for administration...

§ 21–2066. Conservators; title by appointment - (a) The appointment of a conservator vests in the conservator...

§ 21–2067. Recording of conservator’s letters - (a) Letters of conservatorship are evidence of the transfer of...

§ 21–2068. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions - Any sale or encumbrance to a conservator, the spouse, domestic...

§ 21–2069. Persons dealing with conservators; protection - (a) A person who in good faith either assists or...

§ 21–2070. Powers of conservator in administration - (a) Subject to limitation provided in section 21-2072, a conservator...

§ 21–2071. Distributive duties and powers of conservator - A conservator may expend or distribute income or principal of...

§ 21–2072. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator - Subject to the restrictions in section 21-2055(c) , the court...

§ 21–2073. Preservation of estate plan; right to examine - In investing the estate, selecting assets of the estate for...

§ 21–2074. Personal liability of conservator - (a) Even if otherwise provided for in the contract, a...

§ 21–2075. Termination of proceedings - The protected individual, conservator, or any other interested person may...

§ 21–2076. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings - (a) Any person indebted to a protected individual or having...

§ 21–2077. Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers - If a conservator has not been appointed in the District...

Subchapter VII - Durable Power of Attorney

§ 21–2081. Definition - A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney...

§ 21–2082. Durable power of attorney not affected by incapacity - All acts done by an attorney in fact pursuant to...

§ 21–2083. Relation of attorney in fact to court-appointed fiduciary - (a) If, following execution of a durable power of attorney,...

§ 21–2084. Power of attorney not revoked until notice - (a) The death of a principal who has executed a...

§ 21–2085. Proof of continuance of durable and other powers of attorney by affidavit - As to acts undertaken in good faith reliance thereon, an...

Subchapter VIII - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests. [Repealed]

§ 21–2091. Right to disclaim interest in property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 2, 37...

§ 21–2092. Time of disclaimer; delivery. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 3, 37...

§ 21–2093. Form of disclaimer. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 4, 37...

§ 21–2094. Effect of disclaimer. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 5, 37...

§ 21–2095. Waiver and bar. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 6, 37...

§ 21–2096. Remedy not exclusive. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 7, 37...

§ 21–2097. Application. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 8, 37...

§ 21–2098. Uniformity of application and construction. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-204, § 8, 37...

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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

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