Washington Code 11.130.230 – Duties of guardian for minor
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(1) A guardian for a minor is a fiduciary. Except as otherwise limited by the court, a guardian for a minor has the duties and responsibilities of a parent regarding the minor’s support, care, education, health, safety, and welfare. A guardian shall act in the minor’s best interest and exercise reasonable care, diligence, and prudence.
Terms Used In Washington Code 11.130.230
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(2) A guardian for a minor shall:
(a) Be personally acquainted with the minor and maintain sufficient contact with the minor to know the minor’s abilities, limitations, needs, opportunities, and physical and mental health;
(b) Take reasonable care of the minor’s personal effects and bring a proceeding for a conservatorship or protective arrangement instead of conservatorship if necessary to protect other property of the minor;
(c) Expend funds of the minor which have been received by the guardian for the minor’s current needs for support, care, education, health, safety, and welfare;
(d) Conserve any funds of the minor not expended under (c) of this subsection for the minor’s future needs, but if a conservator is appointed for the minor, pay the funds at least quarterly to the conservator to be conserved for the minor’s future needs;
(e) Report the condition of the minor and account for funds and other property of the minor in the guardian’s possession or subject to the guardian’s control, if ordered by the court on its own motion or on application of a person interested in the minor’s welfare;
(f) Inform the court of any change in the minor’s dwelling or address; and
(g) In determining what is in the minor’s best interest, take into account the minor’s preferences to the extent actually known or reasonably ascertainable by the guardian.
NOTES:
Effective dates—2020 c 312: See note following RCW 11.130.915.