(1) Every guardian who has received or who shall receive on account of his or her ward any moneys or other thing of value from the veterans administration shall file with the court annually, on the anniversary date of the appointment, in addition to such other accounts as may be required by the court, a full, true, and accurate account under oath of all moneys or other things of value so received by him or her, all earnings, interest, or profits derived therefrom, and all property acquired therewith and of all disbursements therefrom, and showing the balance thereof in his or her hands at the date of the account and how invested.
The guardian, at the time of filing any account, shall exhibit all securities or investments held by him or her to an officer of the bank or other depository wherein said securities or investments are held for safekeeping, or to an authorized representative of the corporation which is surety on his or her bond, or to the judge or clerk of a court of record in this state, or, upon request of the guardian or other interested party, to any other reputable person designated by the court, who shall certify in writing that he or she has examined the securities or investments and identified them with those described in the account and shall note any omissions or discrepancies. If the depository is the guardian, the certifying officer shall not be the officer verifying the account. That certificate and the certificate of an official of the bank in which are deposited any funds for which the guardian is accountable, showing the amount on deposit, shall be prepared and signed in duplicate, and one of each shall be filed by the guardian with his or her account.
At the time of filing in the court any account, a certified copy thereof and a signedduplicate of each certificate filed with the court shall be sent by the guardian to the office of the veterans administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located. A signed duplicate or a certified copy of any petition, motion, or other pleading pertaining to an account or to any matter other than an account and which is filed in the guardianship proceedings shall be furnished by the person filing the same to the proper office of the veterans administration. Unless hearing is waived in writing by the attorney of the veterans administration and by all other persons, if any, entitled to notice, including the surety on the guardian's bond, the court shall fix a time and place for the hearing on the account, petition, motion, or other pleading not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty days from the date same is filed, unless a different available date is stipulated in writing. Unless waived in writing, written notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given the veterans administration office concerned and the guardian and any others entitled to notice not less than fifteen days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. The notice may be given by mail, in which event it shall be deposited in the mails not less than fifteen days prior to said date. The court or clerk thereof shall mail to said veterans administration office a copy of each order entered in any guardianship proceeding wherein the administrator is an interested party.
If the guardian is accountable for property derived from sources other than the veterans administration, he or she shall be accountable as is or may be required under the applicable law of this state pertaining to the property of minors or persons of unsound mind who are not beneficiaries of the veterans administration and as to such other property shall be entitled to the compensation provided by such law. The account for other property may be combined with the account filed in accordance with this section.
Source: L. 45: p. 655, § 10. CSA: C. 150, § 55 (10). CRS 53: § 143-3-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 144-3-10. L. 2002: (1), (2), and (4) amended, p. 622, § 130, effective May 24.