Notice Of Hearing On Application For Attorney Fees Page 20

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RULE 67.3
APPLICATION
A.
An application relating to a minor shall be submitted by the parent or
parents or by the person having custody of the minor and shall be
captioned in the name of the minor.
B.
A parent who is not the applicant as well as a minor fourteen years of age or
over, shall consent in writing to the application. If either or both parents are
deceased, or their whereabouts unknown, such facts shall be noted in the
application. If parents are divorced or separated, and custody has been
awarded to the applicant, the application shall so state.
C.
Applications on behalf of incompetents will not be entertained until such
time as a physician has completed a statement of expert evaluation.
RULE 67.4
DEPOSIT OF FUNDS
If no guardian has been appointed for either the receipt of an estate of a minor or
the receipt of a settlement for injury to a minor, the attorney representing the interest of
the minor shall prepare an entry: (1) ordering the deposit of funds in a Knox County
federally insured financial institution in the name of the minor; (2) impounding both the
principal and interest; and (3) release the funds to the minor at the age of majority upon
application and further order of this Court. The entry shall be presented at the time the
entry dispensing with the appointment of a guardian or approving settlement is approved.
Pursuant to Sup. R. 67C the attorney representing the applicants or the payor in the
matter shall acknowledge responsibility for depositing the funds and providing the
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