Rule 361 Foreign conservators

(a) Duties and powers. A conservator, or if so denominated by the domiciliary jurisdiction a guardian or committee, appointed by a court in the state of domicile of a protected person (foreign conservator) may exercise as to the protected person's assets in the District of Columbia all powers of a conservator appointed in the District of Columbia and may maintain actions and proceedings in the District of Columbia subject to conditions imposed upon non-resident parties generally provided:

(1) A conservator has not been appointed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and no protective proceeding petition in an intervention proceeding is pending in the District of Columbia, and

(2) The foreign conservator first files copies of the foreign conservator's letters of appointment and copies of any bond, each authenticated as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1738, with the Register of Wills, and

(3) The foreign conservator files a power of attorney with the Register of Wills appointing an agent in the District of Columbia to accept service of process (Form V-A).

(b) Certificate of absence of pending proceeding. Upon application and payment of a $ 25.00 fee by any person, the Register of Wills shall issue a certificate that no protective proceeding in an intervention proceeding relating to a protected person is pending in the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

(c) Certificate of compliance. Upon application and payment of a fee of $ 5.00, the Register of Wills shall issue a certificate that the foreign conservator has complied with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this rule.

(d) Suspension of powers. The powers of a foreign conservator with respect to the property of the protected person in the District of Columbia shall be suspended by the appointment of a conservator by this Court with authority over the same property.