§ 34-14.1. Payment of veterans' benefits to relatives.
§34‑14.1. Payment of veterans' benefits to relatives.
(a) It shall be lawfulfor a guardian or trustee of a mentally disordered or incompetent VeteransAdministration beneficiary to pay to or for
(1) The spouse orchildren or mother or father of the ward, whether or not said spouse orchildren or mother or father received any part of their maintenance from theward prior to the appointment of said guardian or trustee, such an amount forsupport and maintenance as shall be approved by the clerk of the superior courthaving jurisdiction over such guardian or trustee;
(2) A brother, sister,nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, or any other relative of the ward, who, prior tothe appointment of said guardian or trustee, received some part of his or hermaintenance from said ward, such an amount for support and maintenance as shallbe approved by the clerk of the superior court having jurisdiction over saidguardian or trustee and by a superior court judge.
(b) Such approval maybe granted upon a duly verified petition filed before the clerk of the superiorcourt having jurisdiction of such guardian or trustees setting forth
(1) The amount ofbenefits received by the guardian or trustee on behalf of the ward from theVeterans Administration;
(2) The amount ofperiodic disbursements, if any, made by such guardian or trustee for themaintenance and support of the ward;
(3) The person for whosemaintenance and support payment is to be made and the relationship of suchperson to the ward;
(4) If the person forwhose maintenance and support payment is to be made is one described insubsection (a)(2) above, facts showing that prior to the appointment of saidguardian or trustee such person received some part of his or her maintenancefrom said ward;
(5) The amount to bepaid and the period when such payments are to be made.
Notice of hearing upon suchpetition shall be as provided by G.S. 34‑14, and no person or persons,other than the guardian or trustees and petitioner, need to be made parties toany such proceeding. If the guardian or trustee is the petitioner, no otherparties shall be necessary. (1945, c. 479, ss. 1, 2;1953, c. 122, s. 1; 1955, c. 1272, s. 2.)