2010 Tennessee Code
Title 34 - Guardianship
Chapter 5 - Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law
34-5-105 - Limitation on number of wards.
34-5-105. Limitation on number of wards.
(a) No person, other than a bank or trust company, shall be guardian of more than twelve (12) wards at one time, unless all wards are members of one family.
(b) Upon presentation of a petition by an attorney of the department of veterans' affairs or other interested person, alleging that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than twelve (12) wards as provided in subsection (a) and requesting the guardian's discharge for that reason, the court, upon proof substantiating the petition, shall require a final accounting forthwith from the guardian and shall discharge the guardian from guardianships in excess of twelve (12), after first having appointed a successor.
[Acts 1943, ch. 90, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 8558.5 (Williams, § 8543); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 34-905; Acts 1990, ch. 623, § 1.]
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