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HOUSE BILL NO. 1507 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled December 19, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact § 64.2-2401 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers and duties of conservator appointed for an absentee; support of an absentee's spouse and children. ---------- Patron-- Hope ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 64.2-2401 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 64.2-2401. Powers and duties of conservator; bond; further orders as to management of estate; support of dependents.

A. The powers and duties applicable to conservators appointed pursuant to Article 1 (§ 64.2-2000 et seq.) of Chapter 20, as enumerated in §§ 64.2-2021 through 64.2-2025, shall apply mutatis mutandis to any conservator appointed for an absentee pursuant to § 64.2-2400.

B. The court shall require that any conservator appointed pursuant to § 64.2-2400 post a bond in an amount deemed sufficient by the court. The court shall also enter any orders it deems necessary (i) further directing the conservator in the management, operation, and control of the estate that are additional to the powers and duties applicable to such conservator pursuant to subsection A and (ii) requiring the conservator to make ample and suitable provisions out of the estate in his possession, subject to the rights of creditors, for the support of the absentee's wife spouse and minor children, as well as any other person dependent upon the absentee for support and maintenance. The court shall require the conservator to make reports from time to time as the court may deem expedient.