Uniform Veterans Guardianship Act

The Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act governs the appointment and supervision of guardians and conservators for veterans and other beneficiaries who receive federal veterans' benefits and are minors or otherwise unable to manage their own affairs. It makes the federal veterans agency a necessary party to estate proceedings, allows an official agency certificate to serve as prima facie evidence that a guardian is needed, and sets requirements for petitions, notice, court approval, and bonding — including a limit on how many wards a single fiduciary may represent. It further regulates the fiduciary's conduct through periodic accountings filed with the court and the veterans agency, removal for failure to account, limits on compensation, restrictions on investing the ward's funds and on using them to support others, and rules for terminating the guardianship.

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