                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CUSTODY, CARE, AND EDUCATION OF WARD; WARD&#8217;S ESTATE (§ 64.2-1800)

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 §§
64.2-1700 and 64.2-1701, a guardian of a minor&#8217;s estate who is appointed
pursuant to Chapter 17 (§ 64.2-1700 et seq.) shall have custody of his ward.
The guardian of a minor&#8217;s estate shall have the possession, care, and
management of the minor&#8217;s estate, real and personal, and, after first
taking into account the minor&#8217;s other sources of income, support rights,
and other reasonably available resources of which the guardian is aware, shall
provide for the minor&#8217;s health, education, maintenance, and support from
the income of the minor&#8217;s estate and, if income is not sufficient, from
the corpus of the minor&#8217;s estate.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5320; 1930, p. 686; Code 1950, § 31-8; 1989, c. 535;
1999, c. 16; 2011, c. 113; 2012, c. 614.