29-5-51. Reimbursement for reasonable expenses.

Conservators shall be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the estate, including without limitation expenses for travel, employing counsel and other agents, and the expenses and premiums incurred in securing a bond. Such reasonable expenses shall be determined after notice, if any, as the court shall direct. The conservator’s commissions are part of the expense of administering the estate and may be charged against the corpus of the estate as well as the income of the estate.