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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66832</law_id><section_number>64.2-1804</section_number><catch_line>Powers of courts over guardians</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">Guardianship of Minor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="18">Custody and Care of Ward and Estate</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> may hear and determine all matters between guardians and their wards, require <span class="dictionary">settlements</span> of guardianship accounts, remove any guardian for neglect or breach of trust and appoint another guardian for the ward, and make any <span class="dictionary">order</span> for the <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, health, maintenance, education, and support of a ward and the management, disbursement, preservation, and investment of the ward&#x2019;s estate.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5326; Code 1950, &#xA7; 31-14; 1999, c. 16; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
