--- title: Title 29, Chapter 3. Conservators of Minors collection: code id: code:chapter:29-3 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/29/chapter/3 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-2.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-4.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: CONSERVATORS OF MINORS title_heading: GUARDIAN AND WARD section_count: 68 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3.md?full=1 --- # Title 29, Chapter 3. Conservators of Minors Title 29. Guardian and Ward 68 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 29-3-1, Natural guardian or next friend must qualify as conservator; exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-1.md - 29-3-2, Release of debtor when collection doubtful, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-2.md - 29-3-3, Compromise of claim; settlement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-3.md - 29-3-4, Disqualifications of conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-4.md - 29-3-5, Nomination of testamentary conservator; no notice, bond, or security required; rights, powers, and duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-5.md - 29-3-6, Power to appoint conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-6.md - 29-3-7, Preference among individuals for appointment of conservator; court’s ability to ignore preference for best interest of minor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-7.md - 29-3-8, Petition for appointment of conservator for minor; requirements of petition; notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-8.md - 29-3-9, Hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-9.md - 29-3-10, Requirements of order granting conservatorship; required filing of certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-10.md - 29-3-20, Rights of minor; effect on testamentary capacity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-20.md - 29-3-21, Obligations of conservator; liability of conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-21.md - 29-3-22, Power of conservator; cooperation with guardian of minor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-22.md - 29-3-23, Rights of conservator to property; disclosure of conflicts of interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-23.md - 29-3-24, Oath of conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-24.md - 29-3-30, Inventory of minor’s property; plan for managing, expending, and distributing minor’s property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-30.md - 29-3-31, Retention of property or securities; exchange or conversion of assets, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-31.md - 29-3-32, Investment of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-32.md - 29-3-33, Investment in securities; open-end or closed-end management type investments; conflicts of interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-33.md - 29-3-34, Investment decisions must coincide with those of a prudent person; acquiring and retention of assets, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-34.md - 29-3-35, Sale of perishable property of minor; sale of stock; disposition of other property; appointment of guardian ad litem; full return to court required; authority of temporary substitute conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-35.md - 29-3-36, Estate plan for minor; appointment of guardian ad litem; considerations prior to property transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-36.md - 29-3-40, Bond required; exception; recording of bonds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-40.md - 29-3-41, Requirements of bond; term and value of bond; appointment without bond; substantial compliance sufficient, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-41.md - 29-3-42, Reduction of bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-42.md - 29-3-43, Requirement of additional bond; notice in event of sureties deficiencies; revocation of letters of conservatorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-43.md - 29-3-44, Payment of bond premium, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-44.md - 29-3-45, Responsibility of surety in event appointment of conservator void, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-45.md - 29-3-46, Joint and several obligation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-46.md - 29-3-47, Levy upon property authorized; writ of execution authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-47.md - 29-3-48, Levy upon surety then conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-48.md - 29-3-49, Petition for release from surety obligation; order of discharge; appointment and liability of new surety; accounting requirement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-49.md - 29-3-50, Amount of compensation conservator owed; compensation to multiple conservators; failure to make annual returns results in forfeiture; renouncing of compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-50.md - 29-3-51, Allowance for reasonable expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-51.md - 29-3-52, Petition for larger compensation; procedural requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-52.md - 29-3-53, Compensation from corporation or business enterprise; effect of compensation; purpose of provisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-53.md - 29-3-54, Compensation of temporary substitute conservator; reduction of conservator’s compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-54.md - 29-3-60, Annual filing of verified return; change of reporting period; production of documents; effect of failure to file return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-60.md - 29-3-61, Interim settlement of accounts; reporting and requirements of report; procedure for objecting, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-61.md - 29-3-62, Objections to conservator’s interim settlement of accounts; hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-62.md - 29-3-63, Judgment against conservator and surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-63.md - 29-3-64, Termination of conservatorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-64.md - 29-3-70, Petition for order of dismissal of conservatorship; final return; notice; order of dismissal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-70.md - 29-3-71, Final settlements; settlement period; examination of returns and accounts by court; return of property to minor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-71.md - 29-3-80, Required showing for resignation of conservator; name of suitable alternate required; notice; order appointing successor conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-80.md - 29-3-81, Individuals entitled to notice; appointment of successor conservator; turning over of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-81.md - 29-3-82, Suspension of conservatorship or imposition of sanctions; power of court; liability of conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-82.md - 29-3-83, Cause of action for breach of conservator’s duties; remedies available to minor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-83.md - 29-3-84, Statute of limitations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-84.md - 29-3-90, Appointment of temporary substitute conservator; length of appointment; powers; notice; removal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-90.md - 29-3-91, Appointment of successor conservator; notice; hearing and bond requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-91.md - 29-3-92, Delivery of property; annual return; liability of surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-92.md - 29-3-100, Petition for removal to jurisdiction where minor resides; appointment of guardian ad litem; bond; authority; liability of surety; retention of jurisdiction by initial court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-100.md - 29-3-105, ‘‘Conservatorship’’ defined; petition for transfer of jurisdiction; requirements of petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-105.md - 29-3-106, Notice and other procedural requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-106.md - 29-3-107, Hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-107.md - 29-3-108, Required findings prior to granting foreign conservatorship; inventory; applicable law; orderly transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-108.md - 29-3-110, Transfer of jurisdiction in event minor has permanently moved; determining minor’s residential status; filings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-110.md - 29-3-111, Requirements of petition to transfer conservatorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-111.md - 29-3-112, Notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-112.md - 29-3-113, Hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-113.md - 29-3-114, Required findings prior to granting petition to transfer; orderly and coordinated transfer of conservatorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-114.md - 29-3-115, ‘‘Foreign conservator’’ defined; sale of minor’s property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-115.md - 29-3-116, Right of foreign conservator to bring action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-116.md - 29-3-117, Filing of letters of conservatorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-117.md - 29-3-118, Submission of foreign conservator to jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-118.md - 29-3-119, Rights of interested parties prior to sale of minor’s assets, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-119.md - 29-3-120, Payment of funds or return of property to foreign conservator on minor’s behalf, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-3-120.md