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V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1165 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1165. Procedure on intermediate accountings

 Every testamentary trustee who files an intermediate account in court shall within ten days after such filing deliver to each known beneficiary a notice of such filing, and if there is to be no court hearing on the account a summary of the account with an offer to deliver the full account on demand, or if there is to be a court hearing on the account a copy of the account. Such delivery may be— (1) by handing the notice or copy to the beneficiary personally, or to his guardian, or attorney of record; or (2) by sending it by registered mail with return receipt requested to such beneficiary, or his guardian or attorney of record, at the last known address of the addressee. Any beneficiary or the trustee may petition the court for a hearing on any intermediate account, and the holding of such a hearing shall be in the discretion of the court. In the case of the third intermediate accounting and every three years thereafter the trustee shall apply to the court for a hearing on and approval of all unapproved accounts and shall give each known beneficiary written notice of such application 20 days before the return day thereof, in the manner prescribed for the delivery of the copy of the account. The return day of the application for a hearing on an intermediate accounting shall be at least 20 days after the latest account was filed. The notice by the trustee of the application for a hearing on and approval of the account shall inform the beneficiaries of the amount of commissions or other compensation to be requested by the trustee on such hearing, and the amount of other fees which the court will then be requested to allow.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1166 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1166. Service of papers in final accounting

 At least 20 days before the return day of a final accounting the testamentary trustee shall deliver to each beneficiary a copy of the account and a notice of the time and place at which the account will be presented for approval, which date shall not be earlier than 30 days after the account was filed. Such delivery may be accomplished in the same manner as with regard to the service of papers on the intermediate accounting. The notice shall inform the beneficiaries of the amount of commissions or other compensation to be requested by the trustee on the application for approval of the account, and the amount of other fees which the court will then be requested to allow.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1167 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1167. Vouchers

 When an intermediate or final account is presented for consideration in court the testamentary trustee shall produce in court vouchers for all expenditures of $20 or more, made by the trustee during the accounting period. The vouchers shall be returned to the trustee after the account is approved.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1168 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1168. Representation

 Any beneficiary who is an infant, of unsound mind or otherwise legally incompetent, and also possible unborn or unascertained beneficiaries may be represented in a testamentary trust accounting by the court, or by competent living members of the class to which they do or would belong, or by a guardian ad litem, as the court deems best. If the residence of any beneficiary is unknown, or there is doubt as to the existence of one or more persons as beneficiaries, the court shall make such provision for service of notice and representation on the accounting as it believes proper.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1169 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1169. Court action

 On the return day of an application for a hearing on and approval of an intermediate or final account the testamentary trustee shall file an affidavit proving the timely delivery to the known beneficiaries of the documents required by this chapter or by court order. The procedure as to filing of objections, examination of the trustee and other witnesses, inspection of the trust property, adjournments, reference to a master or other representative of the court, amendment of the account, and similar matters, shall be in the discretion of the court. The court shall, as soon as practicable, act upon the account, and discharge the trustee if the account is an approved distribution account.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1170 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1170. Effect of court approval

 The approval by the court of a testamentary trustee's account after due notice and service of papers or representation as provided in this chapter, shall, subject to the right of appeal, relieve the trustee and his sureties from liability to all beneficiaries then known or in being, or who thereafter become known or in being, for all the trustee's acts and omissions which are fully and accurately described in the account, including the then investment of the trust funds. The court may disapprove the account and surcharge the trustee for any loss caused by a breach of trust committed by him. The account may be reopened by the court on motion of the trustee or a beneficiary, for amendment or revision, if it later appears that the account is incorrect, either because of fraud or mistake. Court approvals or disapprovals of intermediate or final accounts shall be deemed final judgments in so far as the right of appeal is concerned. No account shall be reopened because of a mistake more than one year after its approval. No beneficiary may move for the reopening of any account because of fraud more than 90 days after he discovers the existence of the fraud.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1191 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter III - Non-Testamentary Trusts|§ 1191. Inventory by non-testamentary trustee

 Within 30 days after it is the duty of the first qualifying trustee of a non-testamentary trust to take possession of the trust property he shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court in the judicial division where the trust was created a notice of his appointment as trustee, a copy of the instrument creating the trust if the trust was created by a writing, a list of the names, addresses, and dates of birth of the known living beneficiaries, a description of any possible unborn or unascertained beneficiaries, and an inventory under oath of the trust property which shall have come to his possession or knowledge.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1192 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter III - Non-Testamentary Trusts|§ 1192. Accounting by non-testamentary trustee

 Every non-testamentary trustee shall file intermediate, final and distribution accounts with the clerk of the district court in the judicial division where the trust was created, at the same intervals, under the same conditions, and with the same effect as provided in this chapter with respect to the accountings of a testamentary trustee.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1211 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1211. Duties of court and clerks

 The clerk of the district court shall keep records of all trust inventories and accounts filed with the court and shall, within 30 days after the filing should have occurred, notify the judge of the court of all failures by trustees to file accounts in accordance with this chapter. The district court shall, upon learning that a trustee subject to its jurisdiction has failed to perform any duty placed upon him by this chapter, issue a citation or order to the trustee requiring him to perform such duty.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1212 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1212. Power of settlor

 The settlor of any trust affected by this chapter may, by provision in the instrument creating the trust if the trust was created by a writing, or by oral statement to the trustee at the time of the creation of the trust if the trust was created orally, or by an amendment of the trust if the settlor reserved the power to amend the trust, relieve his trustee from any or all of the duties which would otherwise be placed upon him by this chapter, or add duties to those imposed by this chapter on his trustee with regard to inventories and accountings. But no expression of intent by any settlor shall affect the jurisdiction of the courts of the Virgin Islands over inventories and accounts of trustees, in so far as such jurisdiction does not depend upon the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1213 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1213. Power of beneficiary

 Any beneficiary, if of full age and sound mind, may, if acting upon full information, by written instrument delivered to the trustee, excuse the trustee as to such beneficiary from performing any of the duties imposed on him by this chapter or exempt the trustee from liability to such beneficiary for failure to perform any of the duties imposed upon the trustee by the terms of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1214 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1214. Accountability at other times

 Nothing contained in this chapter— (1) shall be construed to abridge the power of any court of competent jurisdiction to require testamentary or nontestamentary trustees to file an inventory, to account, to exhibit the trust property, or to give beneficiaries information or the privilege of inspection of trust records and papers, at times other than those prescribed by this chapter; or (2) shall be construed to abridge the power of such court for cause shown to excuse a trustee from performing any or all of the duties imposed on him by this chapter; or (3) shall prevent the trustee from accounting voluntarily when it is reasonably necessary, even though he is not required to do so by this chapter or by court order.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1215 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1215. Enforcement

 Any beneficiary may apply to the court of competent jurisdiction for an order requiring the trustee to perform the duties imposed upon him by this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1216 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1216. Penalties for violation of chapter

 When a trustee fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this chapter he may be removed, his compensation may be reduced or forfeited, or other civil penalty inflicted, in the discretion of the court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1217 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1217. Forms of inventories and accounts

 The district court may prescribe forms in which inventories and accounts shall be presented.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1218 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1218. Oaths

 Whenever an oath or affirmation is required of a trustee under this chapter it may be made in the case of a corporate trustee by an officer of such corporate trustee, and in the case of co-trustees acting jointly by any one of the co-trustees.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1219 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1219. Charitable trusts

 This chapter shall apply to charitable trusts. Documents required to be delivered to beneficiaries of such trusts shall be delivered to the United States attorney.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1220 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter IV - General Provisions|§ 1220. Uniformity of interpretation

 This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those jurisdictions which enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-441 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart I - General Provisions|§ 5-441. Short title

 This part may be cited as the Virgin Islands Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-442 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart I - General Provisions|§ 5-442. Definitions

 In this part: (1) “Adult” means an individual who has attained 18 years of age. (2) “Conservator” means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under part 4 of this article. (3) “Court” or “Family Division” means the Family Division of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. (4) “Guardian” means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under this article. (5) “Guardianship order” means an order appointing a guardian. (6) “Guardianship proceeding” means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued. (7) “Incapacitated person” means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed. (8) “Party” means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding. (9) “Person,” except in the term, “incapacitated person” or “protected person”, means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (10) “Protected person” means an adult for whom a protective order has been issued. (11) “Protective order” means an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management of an adult’s property. (12) “Protective proceeding” means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued. (13) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (14) “Respondent” means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought. (15) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (16) “Territory” means the Virgin Islands, as defined in section 2(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-443 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart I - General Provisions|§ 5-443. International application of chapter

 The Court may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-444 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart I - General Provisions|§ 5-444. Communication between courts

 (a) The Court may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter. The Court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the Court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred. (b) The Court may communicate with courts in other states concerning schedules, calendars, court records, and other administrative matters without making a record.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-445 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart I - General Provisions|§ 5-445. Cooperation between courts

 (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this Territory, the Court may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following: (1) hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state; (3) order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent; (4) order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding; (5) forward to Court a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under paragraph (1) or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced under paragraph (2), and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under paragraph (3) or (4); (6) issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the Court to make a determination, including the respondent or the incapacitated or protected person; or (7) issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in that state, including protected health information as defined in 45 C.F.R 160.103. (b) If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection (a), the Family Division has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-446 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart I - General Provisions|§ 5-446. Taking testimony in another state

 (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The Court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken. (b) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, the Court may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audio-visual or other electronic means. The Family Division shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to the Court by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-451 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart II - Jurisdiction|§ 5-451. Definitions; significant connection factors

 (a) In this subpart: (1) “Emergency” means a circumstance that likely will result in substantial harm to a respondent’s health, safety, or welfare, and for which the appointment of a guardian is necessary because no other person has authority and is willing to act on the respondent’s behalf. (2) “Home state” means the state in which the respondent was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months immediately before the filing of a petition for a protective order or the appointment of a guardian; or if none, the state in which the respondent was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months ending within the six months prior to the filing of the petition. (3) “Significant-connection state” means a state, other than the home state, with which a respondent has a significant connection other than mere physical presence and in which substantial evidence concerning the respondent is available. (b) In determining under sections 5-453 and 5-461(e) whether a respondent has a significant connection with a particular state, the Court shall consider: (1) The location of the respondent’s family and other persons required to be notified of the guardianship or protective proceeding; (2) The length of time the respondent at any time was physically present in the state and the duration of any absence; (3) The location of the respondent’s property; and (4) The extent to which the respondent has ties to the state such as voting registration, state or local tax return filing, vehicle registration, driver’s license, social relationship, and receipt of services.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5-452 (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 4A - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Subpart II - Jurisdiction|§ 5-452. Exclusive basis

 This subpart provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for the Court to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an adult.