California Probate Code ARTICLE 4 - Estate Management Powers Generally

• Section 2450.
  (a) Unless this article specifically provides a proceeding to obtain court authorization or requires court authorization, the powers and duties set forth in this article may...
• Section 2451.
  The guardian or conservator may collect debts and benefits due to the ward or conservatee and the estate.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 2451.5.
  The guardian or conservator may do any of the following:(a) Contract for the guardianship or conservatorship, perform outstanding contracts, and, thereby, bind the estate.(b) Purchase tangible personal...
• Section 2452.
  (a) The guardian or conservator may endorse and cash or deposit any checks, warrants, or drafts payable to the ward or conservatee which constitute property of...
• Section 2453.
  The guardian or conservator may deposit money belonging to the estate in an insured account in a financial institution in this state. Unless otherwise provided...
• Section 2453.5.
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), where a trust company is a guardian or conservator and in the exercise of reasonable judgment deposits money of the estate...
• Section 2454.
  The guardian or conservator may deposit personal property of the estate with a trust company for safekeeping. Unless otherwise provided by court order, the personal...
• Section 2455.
  (a) A trust company serving as guardian or conservator may deposit securities that constitute all or part of the estate in a securities depository as provided...
• Section 2456.
  (a) Upon application of the guardian or conservator, the court may, with or without notice, order that money or other personal property be deposited pursuant to...
• Section 2457.
  The guardian or conservator may maintain in good condition and repair the home or other dwelling of either or both of the following:(a) The ward or...
• Section 2458.
  With respect to a share of stock of a domestic or foreign corporation held in the estate, a membership in a nonprofit corporation held in...
• Section 2459.
  (a) The guardian or conservator may obtain, continue, renew, modify, terminate, or otherwise deal in any of the following for the purpose of providing protection to...
• Section 2460.
  The guardian or conservator may insure:(a) Property of the estate against loss or damage.(b) The ward or conservatee, the guardian or conservator, and all or any part...
• Section 2461.
  (a) The guardian or conservator may prepare, execute, and file tax returns for the ward or conservatee and for the estate and may exercise options and...
• Section 2462.
  Subject to Section 2463, unless another person is appointed for that purpose, the guardian or conservator may:(a) Commence and maintain actions and proceedings for the benefit...
• Section 2463.
  (a) The guardian or conservator may bring an action against the other cotenants for partition of any property in which the ward or conservatee has an...
• Section 2464.
  (a) If it is to the advantage of the estate to accept a deed to property which is subject to a mortgage or deed of trust...
• Section 2465.
  The guardian or conservator may dispose of or abandon valueless property.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 2466.
  The guardian or conservator may advance the guardian’s or conservator’s own funds for the benefit of the ward or conservatee or the estate and may...
• Section 2467.
  (a) The guardian or conservator continues to have the duty of custody and conservation of the estate after the death of the ward or conservatee pending...
• Section 2468.
  (a) The conservator of the estate of a disabled attorney who was engaged in the practice of law at the time of his or her disability,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018