Title XXXI TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY Chapter 475 • Effective - 28 Aug 1951 475.395. Number of wards limited. — No person, other than a bank, trust company or public administrator shall be guardian of more than five wards at one time, unless all the wards are members of one family. Upon presentation of a petition by an attorney of the Veterans Administration or other interested person, alleging that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards and requesting his discharge for that reason, the court, upon proof substantiating the petition, shall require a final accounting from such guardian and shall discharge him from guardianships in excess of five and forthwith appoint a successor. -------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 4, A.L. 1951 p. 884)
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