CHAPTER 7. Inventory and Accounts [2600. - 2633.]

Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

§§ 2600–2633 · 30 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions §§ 2600–2601 · 2 sections

   • § 2600 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Conservator” means (1) the conservator of the estate or (2) the limited conservator of the…
   • § 2601 (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, if the ward or conservatee is employed at any time during the continuance of the guardianship or conservatorship:…
2. ARTICLE 2. Inventory and Appraisal of Estate §§ 2610–2615 · 9 sections

   • § 2610 (a) Within 90 days after appointment, or within any further time as the court for reasonable cause upon ex parte petition of the guardian or conservator may…
   • § 2611 If the ward or conservatee is or has been during the guardianship or conservatorship a patient in a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State…
   • § 2612 If a timely request is made, the clerk of court shall deliver pursuant to Section 1215 a copy of the inventory and appraisal filed under Section 2610 to the…
   • § 2613 Whenever any property of the ward or conservatee is discovered that was not included in the inventory, or whenever any other property is received by the ward…
   • § 2614 (a) Within 30 days after the inventory and appraisal is filed, the guardian or conservator or any creditor or other interested person may file written…
   • § 2614.5 (a) If the guardian or conservator fails to file an inventory and appraisal within the time allowed by law or by court order, upon request of the ward or…
   • § 2614.7 If a guardian or conservator of the person or estate, or both, is a professional fiduciary, as described in Section 2340, who is required to be licensed under…
   • § 2614.8 At any time on or after one year from the submission of an hourly fee schedule or another statement of proposed compensation under this section or under…
   • § 2615 If a guardian or conservator fails to file any inventory required by this article within the time prescribed by law or by court order, the guardian or…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Examination Concerning Assets of Estate §§ 2616–2619 · 4 sections

   • § 2616 (a) A petition may be filed under this article by any one or more of the following: (1) The guardian or conservator. (2) The ward or conservatee. (3) A…
   • § 2617 Interrogatories may be put to a person cited to answer interrogatories under Section 2616. The interrogatories and answers shall be in writing. The answers…
   • § 2618 (a) At an examination, witnesses may be produced and examined on either side. (b) If upon the examination it appears that the allegations of the petition are…
   • § 2619 (a) On petition of the guardian or conservator, the court may issue a citation to a person who has possession or control of property in the estate of the ward…
4. ARTICLE 3. Accounts §§ 2620–2628 · 11 sections

   • § 2620 (a) At the expiration of one year from the time of appointment and thereafter not less frequently than biennially, unless otherwise ordered by the court to be…
   • § 2620.1 The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2009, develop guidelines to assist investigators and examiners in reviewing accountings and detecting fraud.
   • § 2620.2 (a) Whenever the conservator or guardian has failed to file an accounting as required by Section 2620, the court shall require that written notice be given to…
   • § 2621 Notice of the hearing on the account of the guardian or conservator shall be given for the period and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with…
   • § 2622 The ward or conservatee, the spouse of the ward or the spouse or domestic partner of the conservatee, any relative or friend of the ward or conservatee, or any…
   • § 2622.5 (a) If the court determines that the objections were without reasonable cause and in bad faith, the court may order the objector to pay the compensation and…
   • § 2623 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the guardian or conservator shall be allowed all of the following: (1) The amount of the reasonable expenses…
   • § 2625 Any sale or purchase of property or other transaction not previously authorized, approved, or confirmed by the court is subject to review by the court upon the…
   • § 2626 If it appears upon the settlement of any account that the estate has been entirely exhausted through expenditures or disbursements which are approved by the…
   • § 2627 (a) After a ward has reached majority, the ward may settle accounts with the guardian and give the guardian a release which is valid if obtained fairly and…
   • § 2628 (a) The court may make an order that the guardian or conservator need not present the accounts otherwise required by this chapter so long as all of the…
5. ARTICLE 4. Accounts on Termination of Relationship §§ 2630–2633 · 4 sections

   • § 2630 The termination of the relationship of guardian and ward or conservator and conservatee by the death of either, by the ward attaining majority, by the…
   • § 2631 (a) Upon the death of the ward or conservatee, the guardian or conservator may contract for and pay a reasonable sum for the expenses of the last illness and…
   • § 2632 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Incapacitated” means lack of capacity to serve as guardian or conservator. (2) “Legal representative” means the personal…
   • § 2633 Subject to Section 2630, where the guardianship or conservatorship terminates before the inventory of the estate has been filed, the court, in its discretion…