§ 33-15-25. Action on limited guardian’s or guardian’s bond. If a limited guardian or guardian shall neglect to return a true inventory of his or her ward’s estate, or shall neglect to apply the real and personal estate of his or her ward to the payment of the ward’s debts, it shall be deemed a […]
§ 33-15-26. Annual account. (a) A limited guardian or guardian with authority to make decisions regarding the ward’s estate, shall return to the probate court, in every year, his or her account, in the same manner as executors and administrators are by law required to do. The probate court shall monitor each limited guardianship or […]
§ 33-15-26.1. Annual status report. (a) A limited guardian or guardian with authority to make decisions regarding the ward’s person shall return to the probate court, in every year, the annual status report, in the form as shown in § 33-15-47, regarding the status of the ward. The report shall include the following information: (1) […]
§ 33-15-27. Allowances to limited guardian or guardians. Probate courts are authorized to allow in the settlement of the accounts of any limited guardian or guardian such reasonable sums as the limited guardian or guardian shall have paid for the suitable support of his or her ward and the ward’s family, and also a reasonable […]
§ 33-15-28. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1068; G.L. 1909, ch. 321, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 372, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 426, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 33-15-28; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 493, § 1, effective July 21, 1992.
§ 33-15-29. General duties of limited guardians or guardians with respect to person and estate. Every limited guardian or guardian with authority to make decisions with respect to the person of his or her ward shall exercise authority in the best interest of his or her ward. Every limited guardian or guardian with authority to […]
§ 33-15-3. Power of probate court to appoint limited guardians or guardians. Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the probate court in each city or town shall have the power to appoint or approve limited guardians or guardians of individuals who shall reside or have a legal settlement within the city or town, and […]
§ 33-15-30. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§ 1053, 1054; G.L. 1909, ch. 321, §§ 13, 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 372, §§ 13, 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 426, §§ 13, 14; G.L. 1956, § 33-15-30; Repealed by P.L. 1985, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 1, 1985.
§ 33-15-31. Application of personal property to debts — Priority of claims. A limited guardian or guardian with authority to make decisions regarding the ward’s personal property shall collect all the personal property of his or her ward over which he or she has authority and sell and apply the personal property or so much […]
§ 33-15-32. Sale or mortgage of real estate. If the personal property in the hands of a limited guardian or guardian is insufficient to pay the debts of his or her ward, including incumbrances on the ward’s estate, and the expense of supporting the ward and his or her family, and if the limited guardian […]
§ 33-15-33. Sale of personal property. A limited guardian or guardian with authority to make decisions regarding the ward’s personal property may make application for the sale of the personal property of his or her ward, or any of it, for better or more advantageous investment, or for the support of the ward and the […]
§ 33-15-34. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1072; G.L. 1909, ch. 321, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 372, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 426, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 33-15-34; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 493, § 1, effective July 21, 1992.
§ 33-15-35. Investment of surplus funds — Relief from bond requirements. Limited guardians or guardians may be authorized to invest any money in their hands, not needed for the payment of debts, or for the support, or education of their wards, in notes secured by mortgage upon unincumbered, improved real estate situated in this state, […]
§ 33-15-36. Powers of limited guardian or guardian with respect to corporate stock. Whenever the ward is the owner of stock in any corporation, and the limited guardianship or guardianship order so authorizes, the limited guardian or guardian shall have and exercise on behalf of his or her ward all the rights and powers of […]
§ 33-15-37. Support of dependents for whom ward has no legal obligation to provide. Whenever a limited guardian or guardian or a conservator of the estate of any person is appointed by any court in this state and the person has, prior to the appointment of the limited guardian or guardian or conservator, provided for […]
§ 33-15-37.1. Minimization of taxes — Estate planning. (a) The superior or probate court, upon the petition of a conservator, limited guardian or guardian, other than the guardian of a minor, and after notice by publication as the court directs and other notice to all persons interested, may authorize the conservator, limited guardian or guardian […]
§ 33-15-38. Powers unimpaired by §§ 33-15-37 and 33-15-37.1. Nothing contained in §§ 33-15-37 or 33-15-37.1 shall be held to limit or restrict any powers which a limited guardian, guardian, or conservator may have apart from the provisions of those sections. History of Section.G.L., ch. 372, § 45, as enacted by P.L. 1923, ch. 475, […]
§ 33-15-39. Representation of incompetents and contingent interests in proceedings under § 33-15-37 or 33-15-37.1. Whenever in any proceeding under § 33-15-37 or 33-15-37.1 there are contingent interests of persons not in being, or not ascertainable, or interests of persons non sui juris, the court may appoint a person to represent those contingent interests, or […]
§ 33-15-4. Limited guardianship. (a)(1) Absent a finding, based on a decision making assessment tool, that an individual is totally incapacitated, the court shall limit the scope of the powers and duties of a guardian to the terms best suited to allow the individual found partially incapacitated to participate as fully as possible in decisions […]
§ 33-15-4.1. Good Samaritan guardians. (a) Any person who files a petition for a guardianship of the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may also file to be qualified as a good Samaritan guardian. A good Samaritan guardian may be appointed by the probate court in those instances where the court determines that […]
