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The guardian of a minor’s estate shall have the possession, care, and management of the minor’s estate, real and personal, and, after first taking into account the minor’s other sources of income, support rights, and other reasonably available resources of which the guardian is aware, shall provide for the minor’s health, education, maintenance, and support from the income of the minor’s estate and, if income is not sufficient, from the corpus of the minor’s estate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238912,"text":"Unless a guardian of the person of a minor is appointed by a parent, the circuit court, or the circuit court clerk, and except as otherwise provided in \u00a7\u00a7 64.2-1700 and 64.2-1701, a guardian of a minor’s estate who is appointed pursuant to Chapter 17 (\u00a7 64.2-1700 et seq.) shall have custody of his ward. The guardian of a minor’s estate shall have the possession, care, and management of the minor’s estate, real and personal, and, after first taking into account the minor’s other sources of income, support rights, and other reasonably available resources of which the guardian is aware, shall provide for the minor’s health, education, maintenance, and support from the income of the minor’s estate and, if income is not sufficient, from the corpus of the minor’s estate.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13808,"edition_id":1,"name":"Custody and Care of Ward and Estate","identifier":"18","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13807,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:56","permalink":{"id":275369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13808,"identifier":"18","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13807,"edition_id":1,"name":"Guardianship of Minor","identifier":"C","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12905,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:56","permalink":{"id":275337,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13807,"identifier":"C","token":"64.2\/IV\/C","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/C\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12905,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fiduciaries and Guardians","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12723,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","permalink":{"id":274813,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12905,"identifier":"IV","token":"64.2\/IV","url":"\/64.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12723,"edition_id":1,"name":"Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries","identifier":"64.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":272781,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12723,"identifier":"64.2","token":"64.2","url":"\/64.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65728,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1800","catch_line":"Custody, care, and education of ward; ward's estate","url":"\/64.2-1800\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1800","metadata":false},{"id":65010,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1801","catch_line":"Parental duty of support","url":"\/64.2-1801\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1801","metadata":false},{"id":54813,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1802","catch_line":"Parental duty of support; limited authority of commissioner of accounts","url":"\/64.2-1802\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1802","metadata":false},{"id":61572,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1803","catch_line":"Termination of guardianship","url":"\/64.2-1803\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1803","metadata":false},{"id":66832,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1804","catch_line":"Powers of courts over guardians","url":"\/64.2-1804\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1804","metadata":false},{"id":73432,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1805","catch_line":"Powers of guardian","url":"\/64.2-1805\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1805","metadata":false},{"id":65027,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1806","catch_line":"Powers of guardian; transition rule","url":"\/64.2-1806\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1806","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":65010,"structure_id":13808,"section_number":"64.2-1801","catch_line":"Parental duty of support","url":"\/64.2-1801\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1801","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/64.2-1800\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1989, chapter 535; in 1999, chapter 16<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 113<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65010,"section_number":"64.2-1801","catch_line":"Parental duty of support","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1801\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67669,"section_number":"64.2-1700","catch_line":"Natural guardians","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1700\/"},{"id":68554,"section_number":"64.2-1701","catch_line":"Testamentary guardians","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275371,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65728,"identifier":"64.2-1800","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1800","url":"\/64.2-1800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1800\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Custody, care, and education of ward; ward’s estate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless a guardian of the person of a minor<\/span> is appointed by a parent, the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, or the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> clerk, and except as otherwise provided in \u00a7\u00a7 64.2-1700<\/a> and 64.2-1701<\/a>, a guardian of a minor<\/span>’s estate who is appointed pursuant to Chapter 17 (\u00a7 64.2-1700<\/a> et seq.) shall have custody<\/span> of his ward. The guardian of a minor<\/span>’s estate shall have the possession<\/span>, care, and management of the minor<\/span>’s estate, real and personal, and, after first taking into account the minor<\/span>’s other sources of income, support rights, and other reasonably available resources of which the guardian is aware, shall provide for the minor<\/span>’s health, education, maintenance, and support from the income of the minor<\/span>’s estate and, if income is not sufficient, from the corpus of the minor<\/span>’s estate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCUSTODY, CARE, AND EDUCATION OF WARD; WARD’S ESTATE (\u00a7 64.2-1800)\n\nUnless a guardian of the person of a minor is appointed by a parent, the circuit\ncourt, or the circuit court clerk, and except as otherwise provided in \u00a7\u00a7\n64.2-1700 and 64.2-1701, a guardian of a minor’s estate who is appointed\npursuant to Chapter 17 (\u00a7 64.2-1700 et seq.) shall have custody of his ward.\nThe guardian of a minor’s estate shall have the possession, care, and\nmanagement of the minor’s estate, real and personal, and, after first\ntaking into account the minor’s other sources of income, support rights,\nand other reasonably available resources of which the guardian is aware, shall\nprovide for the minor’s health, education, maintenance, and support from\nthe income of the minor’s estate and, if income is not sufficient, from\nthe corpus of the minor’s estate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5320; 1930, p. 686; Code 1950, \u00a7 31-8; 1989, c. 535;\n1999, c. 16; 2011, c. 113; 2012, c. 614.","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}}