---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 49.01-5"
title: "33"
number: "49.01-5"
heading: "Requests for appointment of trustee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/49.01-5"
---

# §49.01-5. Requests for appointment of trustee.


Requests for the appointment of a person or persons to receive moneys due personnel believed to be mentally incapable of managing their own affairs shall be submitted to the Commandant of the Coast Guard:

- (a) By any person or persons who believe, because of relationship, they should be appointed to receive payments on behalf of the alleged incompetent;
- (b) By the Commanding Officer of the alleged incompetent if the latter is on active duty;
- (c) By the Commanding Officer of any Armed Forces hospital in which the mentally incompetent is undergoing treatment;
- (d) By the head of any veterans' hospital, or other public or private institution in which the alleged incompetent is undergoing treatment;
- (e) By any other person or organization acting for and in the best interests of the alleged mentally incompetent.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 64 Stat. 249, 250; 37 U.S.C. 351, 352, 353, 354.

### Source

Source: CGFR 51-48, 16 FR 10636, Oct. 18, 1951, unless otherwise noted.