Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 79.djvu/815

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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

(b) The court may appoint a disinterested person to act as guardian ad litem in a proceeding under this section. Upon a finding that the person for whom the conservator is sought is incapable of caring for his property, the court shall appoint a conservator who shall have the charge and management of the property of the person subject to the direction of the court. §21-1503. Bond; powers and duties The conservator before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall execute an undertaking with surety to be approved by the court in such amount as the court orders, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties as conservator. H e shall have control of the estate, real and personal, of the person for whom he has been appointed conservator, with power to collect all debts due the person, and upon authority of the court to adjust and settle all accounts owing by him, and to sue and be sued in his representative capacity. H e shall apply such part of the annual income and of the principal of the estate as the court authorizes to the support of the person and the maintenance and education of his family and children; and shall in all other respects perform the same duties and have the same rights and powers with respect to the property of the person as have guardians of the estates of infants. §21-1504. Discharge When a person for whom a conservator has been appointed under this chapter becomes competent to manage his property, he may apply to the court to have the conservator discharged and to be restored to the care and control of his property. If the court finds him to be competent, it shall enter an order restoring the care and control of his property to him. The court has the same powers with respect to the property of a person for whom a conservator has been appointed as it has with the respect to the property of infants under guardianships. § 21-1505. Appointment of temporary conservator Upon the filing of a petition as provided by this chapter, the court may, with or without notice or hearing, appoint a temporary conservator of the estate of a person, if it deems the action necessary for the protection of the estate, subject to the provisions for an undertaking specified by section 21-1503. The temporary conservator shall serve only until a permanent conservator can be appointed or until sooner discharged. § 21-1506. Personal welfare of person under conservatorship The court may at smy time order that the conservator or another person shall be responsible for the personal welfare of the person whose property is under conservatorship. In that event the conservator or other person, subject to the direction and control of the Civil Division of the court, has the same powers and duties with respect to the personal welfare of the person whose property is under conservatorship as have the guardians of the persons or infants under guardianships. § 21-1507. Lis pendens Upon the filing of a petition under this chapter, a certified copy of the petition may be filed for record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. If a conservator is appointed on the petition, all contracts, except for necessaries, and all transfers

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