Adult Guardianship (15:V): Difference between revisions
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Specific duties of the committee include: | Specific duties of the committee include: | ||
* Passing accounts before the PGT, at the times directed by the PGT (''PPA'' s 10(d)). This includes, if the PGT requires it, a true inventory of the whole estate of the patient. The patient’s assets are not the committee’s, and thus the committee must account to the PGT for all transactions. Provisions regulating this duty are contained in s 10 of the ''PPA'' and in Rule 21-5 of the rules governing the Act in the ''Supreme Court Civil Rules'', BC Reg 168/2009 | |||
* Upon the patient’s death, the committee is no longer required to pass accounts before the PGT, but must provide the committee’s accounts to the executor or administrator of the patient’s estate, or, if the committee and the executor or administrator of the patient’s estate are the same person, to the beneficiaries of the patient’s estate (''PPA'' s 24) | |||
* Paying patient’s maintenance, care and treatment costs out of the estate (''PPA'' s 23) | |||
* Bringing an action, if necessary, on behalf of the patient as their litigation guardian (''PPA'' s 22) | |||
* Exercising the rights, powers, duties, and privileges of the patient after the patient’s death, as if they had not died, and serving as executor or administrator until letters probate of the will or letters of administration to the estate of the patient are granted and notice in writing is served upon the committee (''PPA'' s 24) | |||
* Filing income tax returns and applying for pensions | |||
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