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<law><law_id>783867</law_id><section_number>64.2-1805</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="64.2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/64.2/">Wills, Trusts, And Fiduciaries</unit><unit level="2" identifier="IV" url="https://vacode.org/2016/64.2/IV/">Fiduciaries And Guardians</unit><unit level="3" identifier="C" url="https://vacode.org/2016/64.2/IV/C/">Guardianship Of Minor.</unit><unit level="4" identifier="18" url="https://vacode.org/2016/64.2/IV/C/18/">Custody And Care Of Ward And Estate</unit></structure><catch_line>Powers of guardian</catch_line><history>1999, c. 16, &#xA7; 31-14.1; 2012, c. 614; 2016, cc. 187, 269.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions/><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-1805/</official_url><refers_to><unit id="789743"><section_number>64.2-105</section_number><catch_line>Incorporation by reference of certain powers of fiduciaries into will or trust instrument</catch_line><url>/64.2-105/</url></unit></refers_to><url>/64.2-1805/</url><token>64.2/IV/C/18/64.2-1805</token><referred_to_by/><text><section id="2528215" prefix="A"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2528216" prefix="1"><text> To ratify or reject a contract entered into by the ward;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>1</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A1</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A1</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528217" prefix="2"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>2</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A2</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A2</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528218" prefix="3"><text> To maintain life, health, casualty, and liability insurance for the benefit of the ward;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>3</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A3</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A3</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528219" prefix="4"><text> To manage the estate following the termination of the guardianship until its delivery to the ward or successors in interest;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>4</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A4</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A4</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528220" prefix="5"><text> To execute and deliver all instruments and to take all other actions that will serve the best interests of the ward;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>5</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A5</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A5</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528221" prefix="6"><text> To initiate a proceeding to seek a divorce or to make an augmented estate election under &#xA7; 64.2-302 or 64.2-308.13, as applicable; and</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>6</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A6</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A6</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528222" prefix="7"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>7</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A7</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A7</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528223" prefix="B"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2528224" prefix="1"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section><section>1</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B1</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B1</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528225" prefix="2"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section><section>2</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B2</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B2</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2528226" prefix="C"><text>Any guardian may at any time irrevocably disclaim the right to exercise any of the powers conferred by this section by filing a written disclaimer with the clerk of the circuit court wherein his accounts may be settled. Such disclaimer shall relate back to the time when the guardian assumed the guardianship and shall be binding upon any successor guardian.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>C</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>C</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>C</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section></text></law>
