ARTICLE 4. Estate Management Powers Generally [2450. - 2469.]
Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
§§ 2450–2469 · 22 sections
- § 2450 (a) Unless this article specifically provides a proceeding to obtain court authorization or requires court authorization, the powers and duties set forth in…
- § 2451 The guardian or conservator may collect debts and benefits due to the ward or conservatee and the estate.
- § 2451.5 The guardian or conservator may do any of the following: (a) Contract for the guardianship or conservatorship, perform outstanding contracts, and, thereby,…
- § 2452 (a) The guardian or conservator may endorse and cash or deposit any checks, warrants, or drafts payable to the ward or conservatee which constitute property of…
- § 2453 The guardian or conservator may deposit money belonging to the estate in an insured account in a financial institution in this state. Unless otherwise provided…
- § 2453.5 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), where a trust company is a guardian or conservator and in the exercise of reasonable judgment deposits money of the estate in…
- § 2454 The guardian or conservator may deposit personal property of the estate with a trust company for safekeeping. Unless otherwise provided by court order, the…
- § 2455 (a) A trust company serving as guardian or conservator may deposit securities that constitute all or part of the estate in a securities depository as provided…
- § 2456 (a) Upon application of the guardian or conservator, the court may, with or without notice, order that money or other personal property be deposited pursuant…
- § 2457 The guardian or conservator may maintain in good condition and repair the home or other dwelling of either or both of the following: (a) The ward or…
- § 2458 With respect to a share of stock of a domestic or foreign corporation held in the estate, a membership in a nonprofit corporation held in the estate, or other…
- § 2459 (a) The guardian or conservator may obtain, continue, renew, modify, terminate, or otherwise deal in any of the following for the purpose of providing…
- § 2460 The guardian or conservator may insure: (a) Property of the estate against loss or damage. (b) The ward or conservatee, the guardian or conservator, and all or…
- § 2461 (a) The guardian or conservator may prepare, execute, and file tax returns for the ward or conservatee and for the estate and may exercise options and…
- § 2462 Subject to Section 2463, unless another person is appointed for that purpose, the guardian or conservator may: (a) Commence and maintain actions and…
- § 2463 (a) The guardian or conservator may bring an action against the other cotenants for partition of any property in which the ward or conservatee has an undivided…
- § 2464 (a) If it is to the advantage of the estate to accept a deed to property which is subject to a mortgage or deed of trust in lieu of foreclosure of the mortgage…
- § 2465 The guardian or conservator may dispose of or abandon valueless property.
- § 2466 The guardian or conservator may advance the guardian’s or conservator’s own funds for the benefit of the ward or conservatee or the estate and may reimburse…
- § 2467 (a) The guardian or conservator continues to have the duty of custody and conservation of the estate after the death of the ward or conservatee pending the…
- § 2468 (a) The conservator of the estate of a disabled attorney who was engaged in the practice of law at the time of his or her disability, or other person…
- § 2469 (a) Commencing January 1, 2024, when a professional fiduciary becomes incapacitated and a vacancy exists, the incapacitated fiduciary’s conservator, agent…