Power to manage during minority property vested in an infant The donee of a power to manage during minority property vested in an infant ... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1714. Power to manage during minority property vested in an infant
The donee of a power to manage during minority property vested in an infant resulting from an ineffectual attempt by will or deed to appoint the donee as guardian shall be subject to the provisions of this article. In respect of such property he shall have all the rights and duties of a guardian and shall be entitled to receive the commissions allowed to a guardian.
A person given power to manage an infant’s property during minority through an ineffective attempt to appoint that person guardian is governed by this article. For that property, the person has all the rights and duties of a guardian and may receive a guardian’s commissions. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.