Bond Required; Exception; Recording of Bonds

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Guardian and Ward
  4. Conservators of Minors
  5. Bonding of Conservators
  6. Bond Required; Exception; Recording of Bonds

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  1. A conservator appointed by the court shall give bond with good and sufficient security.
  2. A financial institution, trust company, national or state bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association described in Code Section 7-1-242 that seeks to qualify as a conservator is not required to give bond for the faithful performance of its duties unless its combined capital, surplus, and undivided profits are less than $3 million as reflected in its last statement filed with the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States or the commissioner of banking and finance.
  3. The clerk of the court shall record bonds in books kept for that purpose and shall retain custody of the bonds.

(Code 1981, §29-3-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, §§ 67, 188 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 13, 14, 35, 36, 50 et seq., 283 et seq.

ALR.

- Leave of court as prerequisite to action on statutory bond, 2 A.L.R. 563.

Subsequent appointment of guardian as curing invalidity of prior sale of ward's property, 2 A.L.R. 1565.

Official bond of executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee as covering appeal taken by him, 132 A.L.R. 1280.


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