2013 District of Columbia Code
Division III — DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Title 21 — FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Chapter 3 — TRANSFERS TO MINORS; UNIFORM LAW
Section 21-317 — Liability to third persons.

(a) A claim may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in the custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable, if a claim is based on the following:
(1) A contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity;
(2) An obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property; or
(3) A tort committed during the custodianship.
(b) A custodian is not personally liable in the following circumstances:
(1) On a contract properly entered into in the custodial capacity unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and to identify the custodianship in the contract; or
(2) For an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the custodian is personally at fault.
(c) A minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the minor is personally at fault.

History
(Mar. 12, 1986, D.C. Law 6-87, § 2(a), 33 DCR 278; Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 14(d), 45 DCR 745.)

Annotations
Section References. This section is referenced in § 21-319.

Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 21-317.

Legislative History of Law 6-87. For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-87, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-301.

Legislative History of Law 12-81. For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-302.

Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 17 of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.