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PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

TITLE II. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS

CHAPTER 201. GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS

GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS

Chapter 201: Section 38A. Guardian or conservator; payment of funeral expenses of deceased member of ward’s family

Section 38A. The probate court, upon the application of a guardian or conservator or of a member of his ward’s family, and after such notice to all persons interested as it directs, may authorize and require such guardian or conservator to expend funds from the ward’s estate for or towards the funeral and burial expenses of a deceased member of the ward’s family. For the purposes of this section, the ward’s lineal ancestors and descendants and the ward’s spouse shall be deemed to be members of the ward’s family, without however, thereby limiting the same.