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V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-315 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 3 - Guardianship of Incapacitated Person|§ 5-315. Powers of guardian

 (a) Except as otherwise limited by the Court, a guardian may: (1) apply for and receive money payable to the ward or the ward’s guardian or custodian for the support of the ward under the terms of any statutory system of benefits or insurance or any private contract, devise, trust, conservatorship, or custodianship; (2) if otherwise consistent with the terms of any order by a court of competent jurisdiction relating to custody of the ward, take custody of the ward and establish the ward’s place of custodial dwelling, but may only establish or move the ward’s place of dwelling outside the Virgin Islands upon express authorization of the Court; (3) if a conservator for the estate of the ward has not been appointed with existing authority, commence a proceeding, including an administrative proceeding, or take other appropriate action to compel a person to support the ward or to pay money for the benefit of the ward; (4) consent to medical or other care, treatment, or service for the ward; (5) consent to the marriage or divorce of the ward; (6) and if reasonable under all of the circumstances, delegate to the ward certain responsibilities for decisions affecting the ward’s well-being. (b) The Court may specifically authorize the guardian to consent to the adoption of the ward.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-316 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 3 - Guardianship of Incapacitated Person|§ 5-316. Rights and immunities of guardian; limitations

 (a) A guardian is entitled to reasonable compensation for services as guardian and to reimbursement for room, board, and clothing provided to the ward, but only as approved by order of the Court. If a conservator, other than the guardian or one who is affiliated with the guardian, has been appointed for the estate of the ward, reasonable compensation and reimbursement to the guardian may be approved and paid by the conservator without order of the Court. (b) A guardian need not use the guardian’s personal funds for the ward’s expenses. A guardian is not liable to a third person for acts of the ward solely by reason of the relationship. A guardian who exercises reasonable care in choosing a third person providing medical or other care, treatment, or service for the ward is not liable for injury to the ward resulting from the wrongful conduct of the third party. (c) A guardian, without authorization of the Court, may not revoke a power of attorney for health care of which the ward is the principal. If a power of attorney for health care is in effect, absent an order of the Court to the contrary, a health-care decision of the agent takes precedence over that of a guardian. (d) A guardian may not initiate the commitment of a ward to a mental health-care facility except in accordance with the Virgin Islands’ procedure for involuntary civil commitment.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-317 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 3 - Guardianship of Incapacitated Person|§ 5-317. Reports; monitoring of guardianship

 (a) Within 30 days after appointment, a guardian shall report to the Court in writing on the condition of the ward and account for money and other assets in the guardian’s possession or subject to the guardian’s control. A guardian shall report at least annually thereafter and whenever ordered by the Court. A report must state or contain: (1) the current mental, physical, and social condition of the ward; (2) the living arrangements for all addresses of the ward during the reporting period; (3) the medical, educational, vocational, and other services provided to the ward and the guardian’s opinion as to the adequacy of the ward’s care; (4) a summary of the guardian’s visits with the ward and activities on the ward’s behalf and the extent to which the ward has participated in decision-making; (5) if the ward is institutionalized, whether the guardian considers the current plan for care, treatment, or habilitation to be in the ward’s best interest; (6) plans for future care; and (7) a recommendation as to the need for continued guardianship and any recommended changes in the scope of the guardianship. (b) The Court may appoint a visitor to review a report, interview the ward or guardian, and make any other investigation the Court directs. (c) The Court shall establish a system for monitoring guardianships, including the filing and review of annual reports.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-318 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 3 - Guardianship of Incapacitated Person|§ 5-318. Termination or modification of guardianship

 (a) A guardianship terminates upon the death of the ward or upon order of the Court. (b) On petition of a ward, a guardian, or another person interested in the ward’s welfare, the Court may terminate a guardianship if the ward no longer needs the assistance or protection of a guardian. The Court may modify the type of appointment or powers granted to the guardian if the extent of protection or assistance previously granted is currently excessive or insufficient or the ward’s capacity to provide for support, care, education, health, and welfare has so changed as to warrant that action. (c) Except as otherwise ordered by the Court for good cause, the Court, before terminating a guardianship, shall follow the same procedures to safeguard the rights of the ward as apply to a petition for guardianship. Upon presentation by the petitioner of evidence establishing a prima facie case for termination, the Court shall order the termination unless it is proven that continuation of the guardianship is in the best interest of the ward.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-401 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-401. Protective proceeding

 Upon petition and after notice and hearing, the Court may appoint a limited or unlimited conservator or make any other protective order provided in this part in relation to the estate and affairs of: (1) a minor, if the Court determines that the minor owns money or property requiring management or protection that cannot otherwise be provided or has or may have business affairs that may be put at risk or prevented because of the minor’s age, or that money is needed for support and education and that protection is necessary or desirable to obtain or provide money; or (2) any individual, including a minor, if the Court determines that, for reasons other than age: (A) by clear and convincing evidence, the individual is unable to manage property and business affairs because of an impairment in the ability to receive and evaluate information or make decisions, even with the use of appropriate technological assistance, or because the individual is missing, detained, or unable to return to the United States; and (B) by a preponderance of evidence, the individual has property that will be wasted or dissipated unless management is provided or money is needed for the support, care, education, health, and welfare of the individual or of individuals who are entitled to the individual’s support and that protection is necessary or desirable to obtain or provide money.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-402 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-402. Jurisdiction over business affairs of protected person

 After the service of notice in a proceeding seeking a conservatorship or other protective order and until termination of the proceeding, the court in which the petition is filed has: (1) exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for a conservatorship or other protective order; (2) exclusive jurisdiction to determine how the estate of the protected person which is subject to the laws of the Virgin Islands must be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected person, individuals who are in fact dependent upon the protected person, or other claimants; and (3) concurrent jurisdiction to determine the validity of claims against the person or estate of the protected person and questions of title concerning assets of the estate.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-404 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-404. Notice

 (a) A copy of the petition and the notice of hearing on a petition for conservatorship or other protective order must be served personally on the respondent, but if the respondent’s whereabouts is unknown or personal service cannot be made, service on the respondent must be made by substituted service or publication. The notice must include a statement that the respondent must be physically present unless excused by the Court, inform the respondent of the respondent’s rights at the hearing, and, if the appointment of a conservator is requested, include a description of the nature, purpose, and consequences of an appointment. A failure to serve the respondent with a notice substantially complying with this subsection precludes the Court from granting the petition. (b) In a proceeding to establish a conservatorship or for another protective order, notice of the hearing must be given to the persons listed in the petition. Failure to give notice under this subsection does not preclude the appointment of a conservator or the making of another protective order. (c) Notice of the hearing on a petition for an order after appointment of a conservator or making of another protective order, together with a copy of the petition, must be given to the protected person, if the protected person has attained 14 years of age and is not missing, detained, or unable to return to the United States, any conservator of the protected person’s estate, and any other person as ordered by the Court. (d) A conservator shall give notice of the filing of the conservator’s inventory, report, or plan of conservatorship, together with a copy of the inventory, report, or plan of conservatorship to the protected person and any other person the Court directs. The notice must be delivered or sent within 14 days after the filing of the inventory, report, or plan of conservatorship.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-405 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-405. Original petition: minors; preliminaries to hearing

 (a) Upon the filing of a petition to establish a conservatorship or for another protective order for the reason that the respondent is a minor, the Court shall set a date for hearing. If the Court determines at any stage of the proceeding that the interests of the minor are or may be inadequately represented, it may appoint a lawyer to represent the minor, giving consideration to the choice of the minor if the minor has attained 14 years of age. (b) While a petition to establish a conservatorship or for another protective order is pending, after preliminary hearing and without notice to others, the Court may make orders to preserve and apply the property of the minor as may be required for the support of the minor or individuals who are in fact dependent upon the minor. The Court may appoint a master to assist in that task.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-407 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-407. Confidentiality of records

 The written report of a visitor and any professional evaluation are confidential and must be sealed upon filing, but are available to: (1) the Court; (2) the respondent without limitation as to use; (3) the petitioner, the visitor, and the petitioner’s and respondent’s lawyers, for purposes of the proceeding; and (4) other persons for such purposes as the Court may order for good cause.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-408 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-408. Original petition: procedure at hearing

 (a) Unless excused by the Court for good cause, a proposed conservator shall attend the hearing. The respondent shall attend and participate in the hearing, unless excused by the Court for good cause. The respondent may present evidence and subpoena witnesses and documents, examine witnesses, including any court-appointed physician, psychologist, or other individual qualified to evaluate the alleged impairment, and the visitor, and otherwise participate in the hearing. The hearing may be held in a location convenient to the respondent and may be closed upon request of the respondent and a showing of good cause. (b) Any person may request permission to participate in the proceeding. The Court may grant the request, with or without hearing, upon determining that the best interest of the respondent will be served. The Court may attach appropriate conditions to the participation.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-409 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-409. Original petition: orders

 (a) If a proceeding is brought for the reason that the respondent is a minor, after a hearing on the petition, upon finding that the appointment of a conservator or other protective order is in the best interest of the minor, the Court shall make an appointment or other appropriate protective order. (b) If a proceeding is brought for reasons other than that the respondent is a minor, after a hearing on the petition, upon finding that a basis exists for a conservatorship or other protective order, the Court shall make the least restrictive order consistent with its findings. The Court shall make orders necessitated by the protected person’s limitations and demonstrated needs, including appointive and other orders that will encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence of the protected person. (c) Within 14 days after an appointment, the conservator shall deliver or send a copy of the order of appointment, together with a statement of the right to seek termination or modification, to the protected person, if the protected person has attained 14 years of age and is not missing, detained, or unable to return to the United States, and to all other persons given notice of the petition. (d) The appointment of a conservator or the entry of another protective order is not a determination of incapacity of the protected person.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-410 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-410. Powers of court

 (a) After hearing and upon determining that a basis for a conservatorship or other protective order exists, the Court has the following powers, which may be exercised directly or through a conservator: (1) with respect to a minor for reasons of age, all the powers over the estate and business affairs of the minor which may be necessary for the best interest of the minor and members of the minor’s immediate family; and (2) with respect to an adult, or to a minor for reasons other than age, for the benefit of the protected person and individuals who are in fact dependent on the protected person for support, all the powers over the estate and business affairs of the protected person which the person could exercise if the person were an adult, present, and not under conservatorship or other protective order. (b) Subject to section 5-110 requiring endorsement of limitations on the letters of office, the Court may limit at any time the powers of a conservator otherwise conferred and may remove or modify any limitation.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-411 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-411. Required court approval

 (a) After notice to interested persons and upon express authorization of the Court, a conservator may: (1) make gifts, except as otherwise provided in section 5-427(b); (2) convey, release, or disclaim contingent and expectant interests in property, including marital property rights and any right of survivorship incident to joint tenancy or tenancy by the entireties; (3) exercise or release a power of appointment; (4) create a revocable or irrevocable trust of property of the estate, whether or not the trust extends beyond the duration of the conservatorship, or revoke or amend a trust revocable by the protected person; (5) exercise rights to elect options and change beneficiaries under insurance policies and annuities or surrender the policies and annuities for their cash value; (6) exercise any right to an elective share in the estate of the protected person’s deceased spouse and to renounce or disclaim any interest by testate or intestate succession or by transfer inter vivos; and (7) make, amend, or revoke the protected person’s will. (b) a conservator, in making, amending, or revoking the protected person’s will, shall comply with the requirements chapter 1 of this title. (c) The Court, in exercising or in approving a conservator’s exercise of the powers listed in subsection (a), shall consider primarily the decision that the protected person would have made, to the extent that the decision can be ascertained. The Court shall also consider: (1) the financial needs of the protected person and the needs of individuals who are in fact dependent on the protected person for support and the interest of creditors; (2) possible reduction of income, estate, inheritance, or other tax liabilities; (3) eligibility for governmental assistance; (4) the protected person’s previous pattern of giving or level of support; (5) the existing estate plan; (6) the protected person’s life expectancy and the probability that the conservatorship will terminate before the protected person’s death; and (7) any other factors the Court considers relevant. (d) Without authorization of the Court, a conservator may not revoke or amend a durable power of attorney of which the protected person is the principal. If a durable power of attorney is in effect, absent a court order to the contrary, a decision of the agent takes precedence over that of a conservator.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-412 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-412. Protective arrangements and single transactions

 (a) If a basis is established for a protective order with respect to an individual, the Court, without appointing a conservator, may: (1) authorize, direct, or ratify any transaction necessary or desirable to achieve any arrangement for security, service, or care meeting the foreseeable needs of the protected person, including: (A) payment, delivery, deposit, or retention of funds or property; (B) sale, mortgage, lease, or other transfer of property; (C) purchase of an annuity; (D) making a contract for life care, deposit contract, or contract for training and education; or (E) addition to or establishment of a suitable trust; and (2) authorize, direct, or ratify any other contract, trust, will, or transaction relating to the protected person’s property and business affairs, including a settlement of a claim, upon determining that it is in the best interest of the protected person. (b) In deciding whether to approve a protective arrangement or other transaction under this section, the Court shall consider the factors described in section 5-411(c). (c) The Court may appoint a master to assist in the accomplishment of any protective arrangement or other transaction authorized under this section. The master has the authority conferred by the order and shall serve until discharged by order after report to the Court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-413 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Virgin Islands Uniform Probate and Fiduciary Relations Code|Article V - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property|Part 4 - Protection of Property of Protected Person|§ 5-413. Who may be conservator; priorities

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the Court, in appointing a conservator, shall consider persons otherwise qualified in the following order of priority: (1) a conservator, guardian of the estate, or other like fiduciary appointed or recognized by an appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person resides; (2) a person nominated as conservator by the respondent, including the respondent’s most recent nomination made in a durable power of attorney, if the respondent has attained 14 years of age and at the time of the nomination had sufficient capacity to express a preference; (3) an agent appointed by the respondent to manage the respondent’s property under a durable power of attorney; (4) the spouse of the respondent; (5) an adult child of the respondent; (6) a parent of the respondent; (7) and an adult with whom the respondent has resided for more than six months before the filing of the petition. (b) A person having priority under subsection (a)(1), (4), (5), or (6) may designate in writing a substitute to serve instead and thereby transfer the priority to the substitute. (c) With respect to persons having equal priority, the Court shall select the one it considers best qualified. The Court, acting in the best interest of the protected person, may decline to appoint a person having priority and appoint a person having a lower priority or no priority. (d) An owner, operator, or employee of a long-term care facility at which the respondent is receiving care may not be appointed as conservator unless related to the respondent by blood, marriage, or adoption.