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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code
Chapter 5 - ARTICLE 5. PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY
Section 62-5-610 - Limitation on number of wards of one guardian.
SC Code § 62-5-610 (2012) What's This?
Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any person to accept appointment as guardian of any ward if such proposed guardian shall at that time be acting as guardian for five wards. Upon presentation of a petition by an attorney of the Veterans' Administration under this section alleging that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards and requesting his discharge as a guardian of any such ward for that reason, the court, upon proof substantiating the petition, shall require a final accounting forthwith from such guardian and shall discharge such guardian in such case.
The limitations of this section shall not apply when the guardian is a bank or trust company acting for the wards' estates only. An individual may be guardian of more than five wards if they are all members of the same family.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, Section 1.
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