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1999 SESSION
HB 1633 Guardians and wards.
Introduced by: Eric I. Cantor | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Guardians and wards. Revises the laws applicable to a guardianship of a minor’s estate in order to update the code provisions in conformance with current practical considerations raised by attorneys, guardians, minors and the courts. The bill makes a guardianship more like a typical minor’s trust insofar as the guardian’s administrative and distributive powers. Additionally, court decisions have been incorporated into the law, prohibiting the use of a minor’s assets for the support of the minor when the minor has a parent who is under a duty to support the minor and is capable of providing such support. A commissioner of accounts for the jurisdiction wherein a guardian qualifies may authorize distributions without court approval provided the total distributions authorized in any one year shall not exceed $3,000. The commissioner must, in his report to the court on the guardian’s next accounting, explain the necessity for the distributions so authorized. The changes were developed to parallel the recent enactment of legislation relating to incapacitated adults. Specifically, this bill mirrors those new code provisions’ approach to fiduciary powers, eliminating distinctions between realty and personalty, and placing the focus of distributions on the needs of the minor. Additionally, there are some technical amendments for clarity and continuity. This bill resulted from the Virginia Bar Association Minors/Guardianship Project.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 995204146 pdf
- 02/05/99 House: Printed as engrossed 995204146-E pdf
- 02/16/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1633ER) pdf
- 02/27/99 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1633ER2) pdf
- 03/03/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 995204146
- 01/13/99 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/99 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 3
- 02/03/99 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (23-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/99 House: Read first time
- 02/05/99 House: Read second time
- 02/05/99 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/99 House: Title replaced
- 02/05/99 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/05/99 House: Printed as engrossed 995204146-E
- 02/06/99 House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/99 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/99 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/99 Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil Law
- 02/10/99 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/99 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/99 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1633ER)
- 02/18/99 House: Enrolled
- 02/18/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/99 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 02/27/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/27/99 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/99 Senate: Reading of Governor's communication waived
- 02/27/99 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/99 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOM. (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/99 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 02/27/99 House: Reenrolled
- 02/27/99 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 02/27/99 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 02/27/99 House: Enacted, Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/99)
- 02/27/99 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1633ER2)
- 03/03/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)