District Of Columbia Code — 21
Browse 331 sections in division 21 of the District Of Columbia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 21-101. Natural guardians of the person.
- § 21-102. Testamentary guardians of the person.
- § 21-103. Appointment of guardians of the person by court; limitation of number of wards.
- § 21-104. Termination of guardianship of the person.
- § 21-105. Appointment by deed or will for child inheriting from parent.
- § 21-106. Guardian of estate.
- § 21-107. Preferences in appointment of guardian of estate.
- § 21-108. Selection of guardian by infant.
- § 21-109. Spouse as guardian of estate.
- § 21-110. Service on nonresident guardian; failure to give power of attorney.
- § 21-111. Ancillary guardian of estate of nonresident infant.
- § 21-112. Suits by ancillary guardian.
- § 21-113. Enjoining spouse, parent, or testamentary guardian from interfering with minor’s estate.
- § 21-114. Bond from parents of child entitled to property.
- § 21-115. Bond of guardian of estate.
- § 21-116. One bond for several wards.
- § 21-117. Additional bond.
- § 21-118. Counter security; petition by surety.
- § 21-119. Allowances made before bond given.
- § 21-120. Settlement of actions involving minor children; appointment of guardian of estate.
- § 21-141. Possession of property.
- § 21-142. Inventory.
- § 21-143. Duties; accounts; maintenance and education; sales; compensation.
- § 21-144. Property subject to liens.
- § 21-145. Property subject to executory contract.
- § 21-146. Contract for sale by adult in behalf of himself and infant.
- § 21-147. Sale of infant’s principal for maintenance or education.
- § 21-148. Sale or exchange of real estate; proceedings.
- § 21-149. Parties.
- § 21-150. Proof.
- § 21-151. Decree of sale; costs.
- § 21-152. Terms of sale; lien.
- § 21-153. Exchanges; appointment of trustees.
- § 21-154. Ratification of sales by court.
- § 21-155. Sale or exchange of particular estate or remainder; application of income.
- § 21-156. Lease of infant’s estate.
- § 21-157. Mortgage of infant’s estate.
- § 21-158. Final account.
- § 21-181. Enlistment of indigent minor children.
- § 21-182. Preparation of guardianship papers.
- § 21-301. Definitions.
- § 21-302. Scope and jurisdiction.
- § 21-303. Nomination of custodian.
- § 21-304. Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment.
- § 21-305. Transfer authorized by will or trust.
- § 21-306. Other transfers by fiduciary.
- § 21-307. Transfer by obligor.
- § 21-308. Receipt for custodial property.
- § 21-309. Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control.
- § 21-310. Single custodianship.
- § 21-311. Validity and effect of transfer.
- § 21-312. Care of custodial property.
- § 21-313. Powers of custodian.
- § 21-314. Use of custodial property.
- § 21-315. Custodian’s expenses; compensation; bond.
- § 21-316. Exemption of third person from liability.
- § 21-317. Liability to third persons.
- § 21-318. Renunciation, resignation, death, or removal of custodian; designation of successor custodian.
- § 21-319. Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian.
- § 21-320. Termination of custodianship.
- § 21-321. Applicability.
- § 21-322. Effect of existing custodianships.
- § 21-323. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 21-324. Effect of repeal of Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.
- § 21-501. Definitions.
- § 21-501.01. Qualified psychologists.
- § 21-502. Commission on Mental Health; composition; appointment and terms of members; organization; chairperson; salaries.
- § 21-503. Examinations and hearings; subpoenas; witnesses; place.
- § 21-511. Voluntary hospitalization and treatment.
- § 21-512. Release of voluntary patients.
- § 21-513. Hospitalization of nonprotesting persons.
- § 21-514. Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513.
- § 21-521. Detention of persons believed to be mentally ill; transportation and application to hospital.
- § 21-522. Examination and admission to hospital; notice.
- § 21-523. Court order requirement for hospital detention beyond 48 hours; maximum period for observation.
- § 21-524. Determination and order of court.
- § 21-525. Hearing by court.
- § 21-526. Extension of maximum periods of time.
- § 21-527. Examination and release of person; notice.
- § 21-528. Detention of person pending judicial proceedings. [Repealed]
- § 21-541. Petition to Commission; copy to person affected.
- § 21-542. Hearing by Commission; presence and rights of person affected; hearing regarding liability.
- § 21-543. Representation by counsel; compensation; recess.
- § 21-544. Determinations of Commission; report to court; copy to person affected; right to jury trial.
- § 21-545. Hearing and determination by court or jury; order; witnesses; jurors.
- § 21-545.01. Renewal of commitment status by Commission; review by court.
- § 21-546. Periodic examinations of committed patients; procedure for examination and detention or release; petition to court.
- § 21-547. Judicial determination of petition filed under section 21-546; order; psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses.
- § 21-548. Request for revocation of outpatient status; confinement pending decision on revocation of outpatient status; hearing on outpatient revocation petition.
- § 21-549. Preservation of other rights to release.
- § 21-550. Surety.
- § 21-551. Nonresidents.
- § 21-561. Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours.
- § 21-562. Medical and psychiatric care and treatment; records.
- § 21-563. Use of restraints or seclusion; record of use.
- § 21-564. Exercise of property and other rights; notice of inability; persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964.
- § 21-565. Statement of release and adjudication procedures and of other rights.
- § 21-581. Proceedings instituted by Mayor of the District of Columbia.
- § 21-582. Petitions, applications, or certificates of physicians or qualified psychologists.
- § 21-583. Physicians, psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses.
- § 21-584. Witness fees.
- § 21-585. Confinement in jail prohibited.
- § 21-586. Financial responsibility for care of hospitalized persons; judicial enforcement.
- § 21-587. Veterans’ Administration and military hospital facilities.
- § 21-588. Forms.
- § 21-589. Persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964.
- § 21-589.01. Interim provisions for term of commitment.
- § 21-590. Discharge as cured; restoration to legal status.
- § 21-591. Offenses and penalties.
- § 21-592. Return to hospital of an escaped mentally ill person.
- § 21-701. Definition
- § 21-702. Property subject to liens
- § 21-703. Property subject to executory contract
- § 21-704. Contract for sale by adult in behalf of himself and mentally ill person
- § 21-705. Ancillary guardian of nonresident mentally ill person
- § 21-706. Suits by ancillary guardian
- § 21-901. Definition.
- § 21-902. Commitments by special commissioners of certain district courts.
- § 21-903. Apprehension by certain officials of persons believed to have a mental illness; proceedings.
- § 21-904. Admission upon written application; right of release.
- § 21-905. Superintendent to receive persons committed or apprehended under sections 21-902 and 21-903.
- § 21-906. Examinations; adjudications; laws applicable; expense of care and treatment.
- § 21-907. Transfer of military personnel.
- § 21-908. Care in a Veterans’ Administration facility.
- § 21-909. Payment of expenses of transfers.
- § 21-1101. Forest Haven defined.
- § 21-1102. Persons received in Forest Haven; age limit
- § 21-1103. petition as to substantial retardation; contents; verification; notice;process
- § 21-1104. Summons; contents; answer not required; return day; service
- § 21-1105. Appointment and qualifications of physicians; examination; certificate
- § 21-1106. Warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detention
- § 21-1107. Hearing; continuances; character of proofs; jury trial
- § 21-1108. Dismissal and discharge, or placement in Forest Haven; controlling considerations
- § 21-1108A. Voluntary admission to Forest Haven
- § 21-1109. Private and public patients; bond for support and maintenance; sufficiency and justification of sureties.
- § 21-1110. Liability of estate of public patient for maintenance.
- § 21-1111. Proceedings to charge relatives legally responsible for maintenance of public patient; collection of maintenance payments; enforcement of order; liability of decedent’s estate.
- § 21-1112. Public patients may become private patients by filing bond and paying advance.
- § 21-1113. Restrictions on discharge; petition for discharge; causes for discharge; superintendent to be notified; notice of variation of order; denial on petition not a bar to another.
- § 21-1114. Proceeding when child brought before the Family Division appears to have at least a moderate intellectual disability.
- § 21-1115. Inquiry under this chapter if person convicted of offense.
- § 21-1116. Transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital when person becomes insane
- § 21-1117. Separate docket of cases brought under section 21-1103; reports of commissions
- § 21-1118. Transfer of substantially retarded from National Training Schools for Boys or Girls
- § 21-1119. Removal from school of nonresidents of the District of Columbia.
- § 21-1120. Paroles; conditions; expense; discretion of superintendent; violation; return
- § 21-1121. Citation, order, or process on patients to be served only by superintendent
- § 21-1122. Approval of patients’ contracts, etc., by court
- § 21-1123. Offenses and penalties
- § 21-1201. Definitions.
- § 21-1202. Self-administration of medication by program participants.
- § 21-1203. Administration of medication to program participants by trained employees.
- § 21-1204. Requirements of medication orders.
- § 21-1205. Rules and regulations for implementation.
- § 21-1206. Fees.
- § 21-1301. Appointment of committee
- § 21-1302. Bond; powers and duties
- § 21-1303. Jurisdiction of court over property
- § 21-1304. Discharge
- § 21-1501. Appointment of conservators
- § 21-1502. Filing of petition; requirements; time and place of hearings; appointment of guardian 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
- § 21-1701. Definitions.
- § 21-1702. Application of payment made to fiduciaries.
- § 21-1703. Transfer of negotiable instruments by fiduciary.
- § 21-1704. Check drawn by fiduciary payable to third person.
- § 21-1705. Check drawn by and payable to fiduciary.
- § 21-1706. Deposit in name of fiduciary as such.
- § 21-1707. Deposit in name of principal; check drawn thereon by fiduciary; check payable to drawee bank.
- § 21-1708. Conforming amendment.
- § 21-1709. Deposit in names of two or more trustees.
- § 21-1710. Law not retroactive.
- § 21-1711. Cases not provided for by chapter.
- § 21-1712. Short title.
- § 21-1721. Investment of trust assets.
- § 21-1722. Prohibition from exercising powers conferred upon trustee.
- § 21-1801. Charitable and split-interest trusts.
- § 21-1901. Petition for appointment of receiver, where absentees interested in property; Corporation Counsel as party
- § 21-1902. Warrant to United States marshal; fees of marshal
- § 21-1903. Notice of hearing to absentee and interested parties
- § 21-1904. Time of hearing; publication and posting of notice
- § 21-1905. Appointment of receiver; bond; finding of date of disappearance
- § 21-1906. Transfer of property to receiver; schedule of property
- § 21-1907. Possession, by receiver, of additional property; collection of debts
- § 21-1908. Procedure where absentee left only debts due him; appointment of receiver
- § 21-1909. Care, custody, sale of property
- § 21-1910. Support of absentee’s spouse and minor children
- § 21-1911. Receiver may adjust claims of or against estate
- § 21-1912. Compensation of receiver; interest of absentee in property to cease after fourteen years
- § 21-1913. Distribution after fourteen years as if absentee had died intestate
- § 21-1914. Time for distribution and accounting when receiver not appointed within thirteen years
- § 21-1915. Construction with other laws
- § 21-2001. Rule of construction; purposes.
- § 21-2002. Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
- § 21-2003. Standard of proof.
- § 21-2004. Effect of a finding of incapacity.
- § 21-2011. Definitions.
- § 21-2021. Territorial application.
- § 21-2022. Practice in court.
- § 21-2023. Jury trial.
- § 21-2024. Appeals.
- § 21-2031. Notice; method, contents, and time of giving.
- § 21-2032. Notice; waiver.
- § 21-2033. Guardian ad litem; counsel; visitor.
- § 21-2034. Request for notice; interested person.
- § 21-2041. Procedure for court-appointment of a guardian of an incapacitated individual.
- § 21-2042. Notice; guardianship proceeding.
- § 21-2043. Who may be guardian; priorities.
- § 21-2044. Findings; order of appointment.
- § 21-2045. Acceptance of appointment; consent of jurisdiction.
- § 21-2045.01. Mandatory court review of guardianships.
- § 21-2046. Temporary guardians.
- § 21-2047. Powers and duties of general guardian and limited guardian.
- § 21-2047.01. Limitations on temporary, limited, and general guardians.
- § 21-2047.02. Powers and duties of emergency and health-care guardians.
- § 21-2048. Termination of guardianship for incapacitated individual.
- § 21-2049. Removal or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity.
- § 21-2051. Protective proceedings.
- § 21-2052. Original petition for appointment or protective order.
- § 21-2053. Notice.
- § 21-2054. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition.
- § 21-2055. Permissible court orders.
- § 21-2056. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized.
- § 21-2057. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities.
- § 21-2058. Bond.
- § 21-2059. Effect of acceptance of appointment.
- § 21-2060. Compensation and expenses.
- § 21-2061. Death, resignation, or removal of conservator.
- § 21-2062. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment.
- § 21-2063. General duty of conservator.
- § 21-2064. Inventory and records.
- § 21-2065. Accounts.
- § 21-2066. Conservators; title by appointment.
- § 21-2067. Recording of conservator’s letters.
- § 21-2068. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions.
- § 21-2069. Persons dealing with conservators; protection.
- § 21-2070. Powers of conservator in administration.
- § 21-2071. Distributive duties and powers of conservator.
- § 21-2072. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator.
- § 21-2073. Preservation of estate plan; right to examine.
- § 21-2074. Personal liability of conservator.
- § 21-2075. Termination of proceedings.
- § 21-2076. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings.
- § 21-2077. Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers.
- § 21-2081. Definition.
- § 21-2082. Durable power of attorney not affected by incapacity.
- § 21-2083. Relation of attorney in fact to court-appointed fiduciary.
- § 21-2084. Power of attorney not revoked until notice.
- § 21-2085. Proof of continuance of durable and other powers of attorney by affidavit.
- § 21-2091. Right to disclaim interest in property.
- § 21-2092. Time of disclaimer; delivery.
- § 21-2093. Form of disclaimer.
- § 21-2094. Effect of disclaimer.
- § 21-2095. Waiver and bar.
- § 21-2096. Remedy not exclusive.
- § 21-2097. Application.
- § 21-2098. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 21-2101. Statutory form of power of attorney.
- § 21-2102. Durable power of attorney.
- § 21-2103. Construction of powers generally.
- § 21-2104. Construction of power relating to real property transactions.
- § 21-2105. Construction of power relating to tangible personal property transactions.
- § 21-2106. Construction of power relating to stock and bond transactions.
- § 21-2107. Construction of power relating to commodity and option transactions.
- § 21-2108. Construction of power relating to banking and other financial institution transactions.
- § 21-2109. Construction of power relating to business operating transactions.
- § 21-2110. Construction of power relating to insurance transactions.
- § 21-2111. Construction of power relating to estate, trust, and other beneficiary transactions.
- § 21-2112. Construction of power relating to claims and litigation.
- § 21-2113. Construction of power relating to personal and family maintenance.
- § 21-2114. Construction of power relating to benefits from social security, medicare, medicaid, or other governmental programs, or military service.
- § 21-2115. Construction of power relating to retirement plan transactions.
- § 21-2116. Construction of power relating to tax matters.
- § 21-2117. Existing interests; foreign interests.
- § 21-2118. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 21-2201. Purpose.
- § 21-2202. Definitions.
- § 21-2203. Presumption of capacity.
- § 21-2204. Certification of incapacity.
- § 21-2205. Durable power of attorney for health care.
- § 21-2206. Rights and duties of attorney in fact.
- § 21-2207. Forms for creating a durable power of attorney for health care.
- § 21-2208. Revocation.
- § 21-2209. Health-care provider limitation.
- § 21-2210. Substituted consent.
- § 21-2211. Limitations.
- § 21-2212. Effect of subchapter.
- § 21-2213. Construction.
- § 21-2221.01. Definitions.
- § 21-2221.02. Creation of a MOST Form.
- § 21-2221.03. MOST Advisory Committee.
- § 21-2221.04. MOST Form.
- § 21-2221.05. Completion and execution of the MOST Form.
- § 21-2221.06. Revocation of a MOST Form.
- § 21-2221.07. Compliance with a MOST Form.
- § 21-2221.08. Comfort care.