Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2654

  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein, and pews or slips in places of public worship shall be treated as real estate. See
  • 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

§ 2654. Control over property in another state

A guardian appointed by a Probate Division of the Superior Court in this State shall have the same power and authority to take possession of, manage, sell and convey personal property and real estate of his or her ward, situate in another state or foreign country, as he or she has over like property situated in this State. Such guardian shall account to the Probate Division of the Superior Court of this State for all property of his or her ward in another state or foreign country, which comes into his or her hands and control. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)