California Probate Code

§ 2430

PROB § 2430 Effective Jan 1, 2002Div. 4 · Part 4 · Ch. 6 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the guardian or conservator shall pay the following from any principal and income of the estate:

(1)The debts incurred by the ward or conservatee before creation of the guardianship or conservatorship, giving priority to the debts described in Section 2431 to the extent required by that section.

(2)The debts incurred by the ward or conservatee during the guardianship or conservatorship to provide the necessaries of life to the ward or conservatee, and to the spouse and minor children of the ward or conservatee, to the extent the debt is reasonable. Also, the debts reasonably incurred by the conservatee during the conservatorship to provide the basic living expenses, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, to the domestic partner of the conservatee. The guardian or conservator may deduct the amount of any payments for these debts from any allowance otherwise payable to the ward or conservatee.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 893, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2002.