Wyo. Stat. § 3-3-606
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 3-3-606, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 3, “Guardian and Ward.”
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Powers of conservator without order of court
Official statutory text
(a) Without prior order of the court the conservator may:
(i) Collect, receive, receipt for any principal or income;
(ii) Enforce, defend against or prosecute any claim by or against the ward or the conservator;
(iii) Sue on and defend claims in favor of or against the ward or the conservator;
(iv) Sell and transfer personal property of a perishable nature and personal property for which there is a regularly established market;
(v) Vote at corporate meetings in person or by proxy;
(vi) Receive additional property from any source;
(vii) Continue to hold any investment or other property originally received by him, and any increase thereof, pending the timely filing of the first annual report;
(viii) Apply the principal, income and profits of the estate of the ward, to the extent necessary, for the comfortable and suitable maintenance, education, support and care of the ward in an amount proportionate to the value of his estate or his condition in life taking into account any parental duty of support as provided in W.S. 3-3-607;
(ix) Invest the funds belonging to the ward;
(x) Pay the funds to or for the benefit of the ward in any of the following ways:
(A) Directly to the ward;
(B) Directly to the provider for the maintenance, support, education and care of the ward;
(C) To the legal guardian of the person of the ward; or
(D) To anyone who at the time has the custody and care of the person of the ward.
(xi) Appear for and represent the ward in all legal proceedings, unless another person is appointed for that purpose, and prosecute or defend actions, claims or proceedings
in any jurisdiction for the protection of estate assets and of the conservator in the performance of his duties;
(xii) Request the court to modify the conservator's range of duties if the changed circumstances of the ward require such modifications.
(i) Collect, receive, receipt for any principal or income;
(ii) Enforce, defend against or prosecute any claim by or against the ward or the conservator;
(iii) Sue on and defend claims in favor of or against the ward or the conservator;
(iv) Sell and transfer personal property of a perishable nature and personal property for which there is a regularly established market;
(v) Vote at corporate meetings in person or by proxy;
(vi) Receive additional property from any source;
(vii) Continue to hold any investment or other property originally received by him, and any increase thereof, pending the timely filing of the first annual report;
(viii) Apply the principal, income and profits of the estate of the ward, to the extent necessary, for the comfortable and suitable maintenance, education, support and care of the ward in an amount proportionate to the value of his estate or his condition in life taking into account any parental duty of support as provided in W.S. 3-3-607;
(ix) Invest the funds belonging to the ward;
(x) Pay the funds to or for the benefit of the ward in any of the following ways:
(A) Directly to the ward;
(B) Directly to the provider for the maintenance, support, education and care of the ward;
(C) To the legal guardian of the person of the ward; or
(D) To anyone who at the time has the custody and care of the person of the ward.
(xi) Appear for and represent the ward in all legal proceedings, unless another person is appointed for that purpose, and prosecute or defend actions, claims or proceedings
in any jurisdiction for the protection of estate assets and of the conservator in the performance of his duties;
(xii) Request the court to modify the conservator's range of duties if the changed circumstances of the ward require such modifications.
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