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In order to ensure that the protection and assistance of a guardian or conservator are available to all incapacitated persons in the Commonwealth, there is established the statewide Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program (the Program) within the Department to (a) facilitate the creation of local or regional programs to provide services as public guardians or conservators and (b) fund, coordinate, administer, and manage such programs.B\n\nThe definitions found in § 64.2-2000 shall apply to this article.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275064,"text":"The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to ensure that persons who cannot adequately care for themselves because of incapacity (in this article, also referred to as clients) are able to meet essential requirements for physical and emotional health and management of financial resources with the assistance of a guardian or conservator, as appropriate, in circumstances where (i) the incapacitated person’s financial resources are insufficient to fully compensate a private guardian or conservator and pay court costs and fees associated with the appointment proceeding and (ii) there is no other proper and suitable person willing and able to serve in such capacity or there is no guardian or conservator appointed within one month of adjudication pursuant to § 64.2-2015. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 787<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65465,"section_number":"64.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2000\/"},{"id":75048,"section_number":"64.2-2010","catch_line":"Eligibility for public guardian or conservator","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2010\/"},{"id":64482,"section_number":"64.2-2015","catch_line":"When no guardian or conservator appointed within one month of adjudication","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2015\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65465,"section_number":"64.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2000\/"},{"id":64482,"section_number":"64.2-2015","catch_line":"When no guardian or conservator appointed within one month of adjudication","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2015\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236933,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76625,"identifier":"51.5-149","token":"51.5\/14\/6\/51.5-149","url":"\/51.5-149\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-149\/","token":"51.5\/14\/6\/51.5-149","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy statement; Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program established; definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-149","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to ensure that persons who cannot adequately care for themselves because of incapacity (in this article, also referred to as clients<\/span>) are able to meet essential requirements for physical and emotional health and management of financial resources with the assistance of a guardian or conservator, as appropriate, in circumstances where (i) the incapacitated person’s financial resources are insufficient to fully compensate a private guardian or conservator and pay court<\/span> costs and fees associated with the appointment proceeding and (ii) there is no other proper and suitable person willing and able to serve in such capacity or there is no guardian or conservator appointed within one month of adjudication pursuant to § 64.2-2015<\/a>. In order<\/span> to ensure that the protection and assistance of a guardian or conservator are available to all incapacitated persons in the Commonwealth, there is established the statewide Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program (the Program) within the Department<\/span> to (a) facilitate the creation of local or regional programs to provide services as public guardians or conservators and (b) fund, coordinate, administer, and manage such programs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The definitions found in § 64.2-2000<\/a> shall apply to this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICY STATEMENT; VIRGINIA PUBLIC GUARDIAN AND CONSERVATOR PROGRAM ESTABLISHED;\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 51.5-149)\n\nA. The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to\nensure that persons who cannot adequately care for themselves because of\nincapacity (in this article, also referred to as clients) are able to meet\nessential requirements for physical and emotional health and management of\nfinancial resources with the assistance of a guardian or conservator, as\nappropriate, in circumstances where (i) the incapacitated person’s\nfinancial resources are insufficient to fully compensate a private guardian or\nconservator and pay court costs and fees associated with the appointment\nproceeding and (ii) there is no other proper and suitable person willing and\nable to serve in such capacity or there is no guardian or conservator appointed\nwithin one month of adjudication pursuant to § 64.2-2015. In order to\nensure that the protection and assistance of a guardian or conservator are\navailable to all incapacitated persons in the Commonwealth, there is established\nthe statewide Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program (the Program)\nwithin the Department to (a) facilitate the creation of local or regional\nprograms to provide services as public guardians or conservators and (b) fund,\ncoordinate, administer, and manage such programs.\n\nB. The definitions found in § 64.2-2000 shall apply to this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 787, \u00a7\u00a7 2.1-373.10, 2.1-373.11; 2001, c. 844, \u00a7 2.2-711;\n2005, c. 712; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}