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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

addict, and to adjust and settle all accounts owing by him, and to sue and be sued in his representative capacity. H e shall apply the annual income of the estate to the support of the person, and the maintenance of his family and education of his children; and shall in all other respects perform the same duties and have the same rights as pertain to committees of lunatics and idiots. § 21-1303. Jurisdiction of court over property The court has the same powers as to the property of a person for whom a committee has been appointed pursuant to this chapter as it has in respect of the property of infants. §21-1304. Discharge When a person for whom a committee has been appointed under this chapter becomes competent to manage his property on account of reformation in his habits, he may apply to the court to have the committee discharged and the care and control of his property restored to him. When it appears by the verdict of a jury summoned therefor, or by affidavits, or other evidence to the satisfaction of the court, that the applicant is a fit person to have the care or control of his property, it shall enter an order restoring him to all the rights and privileges enjoyed before the committee was appointed. CHAPTER 15—CONSERVATORS Sec. 21-1501. Apiwintment of conservators. 21-1502. Filing of petition; requirements; time and place of hearing; appointment of guaxdian ad litem. 21-1503. Bond; powers and duties. 21-1504. Discharge. 21-1505. Appointment of temporary conservator. 21-1506. Personal welfare of person under conservatorship. 21-1507. Lis pendens.

§21-1501. Appointment of conservators When an adult residing in or having property in the District of Columbia is unable, by reason of advanced age, mental weakness not amounting to unsoundness of mind, mental illness, as the latter term is defined by section 21-501, or physical incapacity, properly to care for his property, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia may, upon his petition or the sworn petition of one or more of his relatives or any other person or persons, appoint a fit person to be conservator of his property. §21-1502. Filing of petition; requirements; time and place of hearing; appointment of guardian ad litem (a) Pursuant to the filing of the petition under section 21-1501, the court shall fix a time and place for a hearing; and shall cause at least 14 days' notice thereof to be given to the person for whom a conservator is sought to be appointed, if he is not the petitioner, and to such other persons as the court directs. The petition shall include, among other things— (1) the reasons for the appointment of a conservator; (2) the name and address of the person for whom the conservator is sought; (3) the date and place of his birth, if known; and (4) the names and addresses of the nearest known heirs at law, or the next of kin, if any.

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