CHAPTER 398

An Act to amend and reenact § 81-6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
bonds required of guardians. 3
[S 61]

Approved April 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 31-6 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 31-6. Every guardian, unless, in the case of a testamentary guard-
ian, the will otherwise directs and the court or judge or clerk of the cir-
cuit or corporation court, as the case may be, in such case deems it
unnecessary for the safety of the ward, shall give bond with good security,
to be approved by the court or judge or such clerk by which he is appointed
or in which he accepts the trust in such penalty as shall be prescribed by
the court or judge or such clerk. When the same guardian qualifies upon
the estate of two or more wards who are members of the same family, only
one qualification and one guardianship bond shall be required. If any court
or judge or such clerk omit to require such a bond, the judge or clerk so in
default shall be liable to the ward for any damages he may sustain thereby.