GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
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HOUSE BILL 794
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Short Title: Raise Ceil'g/Personal Prop. Sale/Guardianship. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Bordsen, Goodwin (Primary Sponsors); Alexander and Hurley. |
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Referred to: |
Aging, if favorable, Judiciary II. |
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March 15, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to raise the ceiling on the total amount of personal property a guardian is allowed to sell without a court order under the laws pertaining to guardianship as recommended by the house study committee on state guardianship laws.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 35A-1251(17)a. reads as rewritten:
"In the case of an incompetent ward, a general guardian or guardian of the estate has the power to perform in a reasonable and prudent manner every act that a reasonable and prudent person would perform incident to the collection, preservation, management, and use of the ward's estate to accomplish the desired result of administering the ward's estate legally and in the ward's best interest, including but not limited to the following specific powers:
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(17)a. Without a court order to lease any of the ward's
real estate for a term of not more than three years, or to sell, lease or
exchange any of the ward's personal property including securities, provided
that the aggregate value of all items of the ward's tangible personal property
sold without court order over the duration of the estate shall not exceed one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000). When any item of the ward's tangible personal property has a
value which when increased by the value of all other tangible personal property
previously sold in the estate without a court order would exceed one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500),fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000), a guardian may sell the item only as provided in subdivision
(17)b.
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SECTION 2. G.S. 35A-1252(14)a. reads as rewritten:
"In the case of a minor ward, a general guardian or guardian of the estate has the power to perform in a reasonable and prudent manner every act that a reasonable and prudent person would perform incident to the collection, preservation, management, and use of the ward's estate to accomplish the desired result of administering the ward's estate legally and in the ward's best interest, including but not limited to the following specific powers:
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(14)a. Without a court order to lease any of the ward's
real estate for a term of not more than three years, or to sell, lease or
exchange any of the ward's personal property including securities, provided
that the aggregate value of all items of the ward's tangible personal property
sold without court order over the duration of the estate shall not exceed one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000). When any item of the ward's tangible personal property has a
value which when increased by the value of all other tangible personal property
previously sold in the estate without a court order would exceed one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500),fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000), a guardian may sell the item only as provided in subdivision
(14)b.
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SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.