Vermont § 2751 - Bonds; how conditioned Before acting as such, a guardian appointed by the Probate Division of the Superior

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§ 2751. Bonds; how conditioned Before acting as such, a guardian appointed by the Probate Division of the Superior

  • Court shall give a bond with sureties in a sum as the court directs, conditioned as
    follows: (1) to make a true inventory of the real and personal estate of the ward coming to the
    guardian’s possession or knowledge and file the original with the court and serve
    copies of it as provided by the Rules of Probate Procedure; (2) to manage and dispose of the estate and effects according to law and for the best
    interest of the ward and faithfully discharge the trust in relation thereto; (3) to render an account of the property of the ward in the guardian’s hands, including
    the proceeds of real estate sold by the guardian, and of the management and disposition
    of the same, within one year after appointment, if the ward has real or personal estate,
    or within one year after such estate comes to the guardian’s possession or knowledge,
    and at other times as the court directs; (4) at the expiration of the trust, to render and settle the account and pay over and
    deliver the estate and effects remaining in the guardian’s hands or due from settlement
    to the persons legally entitled to the same. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 129; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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