Arkansas Code Title 28, Subtitle 5, Chapter 65, Subchapter 3 - Powers and Duties

• § 28-65-301 - Duties of Guardians Generally.
  (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the guardian of the person, consistent with and out of the resources of the ward's estate,...
• § 28-65-302 - Decisions Requiring Court Approval.
  (a) (1) No guardian appointed prior to October 1, 2001, shall make any of the following decisions without filing a petition and receiving express...
• § 28-65-303 - Care, Treatment, and Confinement of Ward.
  (a) (1) If the ward is incapacitated for reasons other than minority and has not been committed to the state hospital as otherwise provided...
• § 28-65-304 - Title and Possession of Estate.
  The guardian of the estate shall take possession of all of the ward's real and personal property, and of rents, income, issue, and of...
• § 28-65-305 - Actions -- Service of Process.
  (a) When there is a guardian of the estate, all actions between the ward or the guardian and third persons in which it is...
• § 28-65-306 - Enforcement of Contracts.
  (a) When, prior to his or her incapacity, an incapacitated person has entered into a valid contract for the purchase or sale of any...
• § 28-65-307 - Continuation of Business -- Liability.
  (a) If, at the time of the appointment of a guardian of the estate, the ward owns a business or an interest in a...
• § 28-65-308 - Power to Borrow Money, Make Gifts, Etc.
  (a) Upon a showing that the action would be advantageous to the ward and his or her estate, the court may authorize the guardian...
• § 28-65-309 - Periodic Allowances.
  (a) The guardian of the estate, or any person, department, bureau, agency, or charitable organization having the care and custody of a ward may...
• § 28-65-310 - Support of Minor Ward.
  (a) The support of their unmarried minor children is chargeable jointly and severally upon the property of the husband and the property of the...
• § 28-65-311 - Investments.
  (a) The guardian of the estate may, and when ordered by the court shall, deposit as a fiduciary, the funds of the ward in...
• § 28-65-312 - Retention of Property and Investment.
  (a) If it is in the best interest of the ward or his or her estate, the court may order the guardian of the...
• § 28-65-313 - Purchase of Home.
  (a) The court may authorize the purchase of real property in this state for use by the ward as a home or, unless he...
• § 28-65-314 - Sales, Mortgages, Etc., of Property Generally.
  (a) (1) The real or personal property of the ward not excluding real property in which a minor or mentally incompetent ward has a...
• § 28-65-315 - Oil, Gas, and Mineral Interests -- Sale, Lease, Etc.
  (a) (1) The guardian of the estate of an incompetent who owns land situated in this state or an interest therein or who owns...
• § 28-65-316 - Oil, Gas, and Mineral Interests -- Agreements for Operation and Development.
  Upon petition of the guardian of the estate and after notice to such persons, if any, as the court may direct, the court may...
• § 28-65-317 - Payment of Claims.
  (a) (1) A guardian of the estate is under a duty to pay from the estate all just claims against the estate of his...
• § 28-65-318 - Compromise Settlements.
  (a) On petition of the guardian of the estate, the court, if satisfied that the action would be in the interest of the ward...
• § 28-65-319 - Employment of Professionals.
  (a) (1) The guardian may employ legal counsel in connection with the discharge of his or her duties, and the court shall fix the...
• § 28-65-320 - Accounting.
  (a) Unless otherwise directed by the court, a guardian of the estate shall file with the court a written verified account of his or...
• § 28-65-321 - Inventory -- Appraisement.
  (a) The guardian of the estate shall file an inventory of the ward's property in the same manner and subject to the same requirements...
• § 28-65-322 - Reports.
  All guardians shall file an annual report with the court. The report shall contain: (1) The person's current mental, physical, and social conditions; (2)...
• § 28-65-323 - Administration of Deceased Ward's Estate.
  (a) Upon the death of a ward, the guardian of his or her estate is authorized, as such, subject to the direction of the...

Last modified: November 15, 2016