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DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS 1400-3925›PART 4. PROVISIONS COMMON TO GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP 2100-2893›CHAPTER 6. Powers and Duties of Guardian or Conservator of the Estate 2400-2595›ARTICLE 7. Sales 2540-2548

§ 2541

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The guardian or conservator may sell real or personal property of the estate in any of the following cases:

(a) If the income of the estate is insufficient for the comfortable and suitable support, maintenance, and education of the ward or conservatee (including care, treatment, and support of the ward or conservatee if a patient in a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services) or of those legally entitled to support, maintenance, or education from the ward or conservatee.

(b) If the sale is necessary to pay the debts referred to in Sections 2430 and 2431.

(c) If the sale is for the advantage, benefit, and best interest of (1) the ward or conservatee, (2) the estate, or (3) the ward or conservatee and those legally entitled to support, maintenance, or education from the ward or conservatee.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 45. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)

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