§ 28-65-215 — Bond of guardian

(a) If the guardianship is to be of the person only, the amount of the bond shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or the court may dispense with the bond. (b) At every accounting, the court shall inquire into the sufficiency of the bond and of the sureties, and, if either or both are found insufficient, the guardian shall be ordered to file a new or additional bond. (c) If, by the terms of a will, the testator expresses the wish that no bond be required of the person whom he or she requests to be appointed guardian, that person may be relieved of giving a bond with respect to property given by the will to the incapacitated person. (d) Section 28-48-201 et seq. with respect to the bonds of personal representatives shall be applicable to the bonds of guardians, except that in fixing the amount of the guardian's bond, the value of the real property, as distinguished from the income arising therefrom, unless it is sold, shall not be taken into consideration and shall not constitute property which may reasonably be expected to pass through the hands of the guardian. (e) Further, when the ward's estate is all in cash, the court may dispense with the bond if the guardian deposits the entire estate on interest in a bank in Arkansas insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or in a savings and loan association in Arkansas insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or in a credit union in Arkansas insured by the National Credit Union Administration and the value of the estate is not greater than the amount of the maximum insurance provided by law for a single depositor, and the bank or savings and loan association shall file with the probate clerk of the circuit court an agreement not to permit any withdrawal from the deposit except on authority of a circuit court order.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 940, § 18; A.S.A. 1947, § 57-837; Acts 2003, No. 1185, § 281.