34-4. Guardian may not be named for more than five wards; exceptions; banks and trust companies, public guardians, or where wards are members of same family.
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a public guardian qualified under Article 11, Chapter 35A, General Statutes of North Carolina, to accept appointment as guardian of any United States Veterans Administration ward, if such person shall at the time of such appointment be acting as guardian for five wards. For the purpose of this section, all minors of same family unit shall constitute one ward. In all appointments of a public guardian for United States Veterans Administration wards, the guardian shall furnish a separate bond for each appointment as required by G.S. 34-9. If, in any case, an attorney for the United States Veterans Administration presents a petition under this section alleging that an individual guardian other than a public guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards and requesting discharge of the guardian for that reason, then the court, upon satisfactory evidence that the individual guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards, must require a final accounting forthwith from such guardian and shall discharge the guardian in such case. Upon the termination of a public guardian's term of office, he may be permitted to retain any appointments made during his term of office.
This section shall not apply to banks and trust companies licensed to do trust business in North Carolina. (1929, c. 33, s. 4; 1967, c. 564, s. 1; 1987, c. 550, s. 19.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 34 - Veterans' Guardianship Act
§ 34-2.1 - Guardian's powers as to property; validation of prior acts.
§ 34-3 - Appointment of guardian for wards entitled to benefits from United States Veterans' Bureau.
§ 34-5 - Petition for appointment of guardian.
§ 34-7 - Certificate as evidence in regard to guardianship of mentally incompetent wards.
§ 34-8 - Notice of filing of petition.
§ 34-9 - Qualifications of guardian; surety bond.
§ 34-10 - Guardian's accounts to be filed; hearing on accounts.
§ 34-11 - Failure to file account cause for removal.
§ 34-12 - Compensation at five percent; additional compensation; premiums on bonds.
§ 34-13 - Investment of funds.
§ 34-14 - Application of ward's estate.
§ 34-14.1 - Payment of veterans' benefits to relatives.
§ 34-15 - Certified copy of record required by Bureau to be furnished without charge.