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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57609</law_id><section_number>64.2-2115</section_number><catch_line>Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-410</reference><reference>64.2-2014</reference><reference>64.2-2029</reference><reference>64.2-2114</reference></referred_to_by><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="D">Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="21">Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="3">Transfer of Guardianship or Conservatorship</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred to the Commonwealth under provisions similar to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state" href="/64.2-2114/">64.2-2114</a>, the <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> shall <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in the Commonwealth to accept the guardianship or conservatorship. The <span class="dictionary">petition</span> shall include a certified copy of the other <span class="dictionary">state</span>&#x2019;s provisional <span class="dictionary">order</span> of transfer. <a id="paragraph-211082" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notice of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> under subsection A shall be given to those persons that would be entitled to notice if the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> were a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for the appointment of a <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or issuance of a <span class="dictionary">conservatorship order</span> in both the transferring <span class="dictionary">state</span> and the Commonwealth. The notice shall be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-211083" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> On the <span class="dictionary">court</span>&#x2019;s own <span class="dictionary">motion</span> or on request of the <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span>, the incapacitated or <span class="dictionary">protected person</span>, or other person required to be notified of the proceeding, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall hold a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> filed pursuant to subsection A. <a id="paragraph-211084" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> an order provisionally granting a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> filed under subsection A unless: <a id="paragraph-211085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> An objection is made and the objector establishes that transfer of the proceeding would be contrary to the interests of the incapacitated or <span class="dictionary">protected person</span>; or <a id="paragraph-211086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> is ineligible for appointment in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-211087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">final order</span> accepting the proceeding and appointing the <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> as <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> in the Commonwealth upon its receipt from the <span class="dictionary">court</span> from which the proceeding is being transferred of a <span class="dictionary">final order</span> issued under provisions similar to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state" href="/64.2-2114/">64.2-2114</a> transferring the proceeding to the Commonwealth.
			The <span class="dictionary">final order</span> accepting transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship shall contain a determination of whether the guardianship or conservatorship needs to be modified to conform to the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-211088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> In granting a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> under this section, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall recognize a guardianship or <span class="dictionary">conservatorship order</span> from the other <span class="dictionary">state</span>, including the determination of the incapacitated or <span class="dictionary">protected person</span>&#x2019;s incapacity and the appointment of the <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span>. <a id="paragraph-211089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> The denial by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> to accept a guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another <span class="dictionary">state</span> does not affect the ability of the <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> to seek appointment as <span class="dictionary">guardian</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span> in the Commonwealth under Chapter 20 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/64.2-2000/">64.2-2000</a> et seq.) if the <span class="dictionary">court</span> has <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to make an appointment other than by reason of the provisional order of transfer. <a id="paragraph-211090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2115/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 518, &#xA7; 37.2-1047; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
