Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2924

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 2924. Same; exception

Section 2923 of this title shall not apply if the parent of the ward, being a resident of this State at the time of death, has appointed a guardian for the ward by last will and testament and the guardian resides in this State at the time the petition provided for in section 2923 is made, unless the consent of the testamentary guardian to the removal of the property is satisfactorily shown to the Probate Division of the Superior Court to which the petition is made. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 143; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)