District of Columbia § 21-147 Sale of infant’s principal for maintenance or education.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 21-147 — Sale of infant’s principal for maintenance or education.

District of Columbia § 21-147

Title 21Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]

Ch. 1Guardianship of Infants.

Subch. IIProperty of Infants.

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D.C. Code § 21-147 (2026).

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When it appears, upon the verified petition of a guardian, or in a case of his refusal to act, a next friend of an infant, and the appearance and answer of the infant by guardian to be appointed by the court, and proof by deposition of one or more disinterested witnesses, that a sale of the principal of the infant’s estate, or of a part thereof, whether real or personal, is necessary for his maintenance or education, regard being had to his condition and prospects in life, the Probate Court may decree the sale on terms which to it seem proper.

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When it appears, upon the verified petition of a guardian, or in a case of his refusal to act, a next friend of an infant, and the appearance and answer of the infant by guardian to be appointed by the court, and proof by deposition of one or more disinterested witnesses, that a sale of the principal of the infant’s estate, or of a part thereof, whether real or personal, is necessary for his maintenance or education, regard being had to his condition and prospects in life, the Probate Court may decree the sale on terms which to it seem proper.