64.1-93 - Appointment of curator; when made; his duties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 64.1-93. Appointment of curator; when made; his duties.

Such court or clerk as is mentioned in § 64.1-75, or any duly qualifieddeputy of such clerk, may appoint a curator of the estate of a decedentduring a contest about his will, or during the infancy or in the absence ofan executor, or until administration of the estate be granted, taking fromhim bond in a reasonable penalty. The curator shall take care that the estateis not wasted before the qualification of an executor or administrator, orbefore such estate shall lawfully come into possession of such executor oradministrator. He may demand, sue for, recover and receive all debts due tothe decedent, and all his other personal estate, and likewise may lease orreceive the rents and profits of any real estate whereof the decedent ortestator may have died seized or possessed. He shall pay debts, so far assuch payment may not affect the priority in the order of payment prescribedby law, and may be sued in like manner as an executor or administrator; andupon the qualification of an executor or administrator shall account with himfor and pay and deliver to him such estate as he has in his hands or may beliable for.

(Code 1950, § 64-89; 1968, c. 656.)