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Guardianship – A legal arrangement where the court appoints a person or institution as a guardian to make decisions for an incapacitated person, and/or a child – decisions about housing, medical care, legal issues, financial issues and services. The individual being cared for in the guardianship is called the “Ward”.

A2: A guardian is a person or institution appointed by a judge to take care of and be legally accountable for a person who cannot take care of himself or herself. The person that the guardian is responsible for is called the ward. Wards are either minor children or incapacitated persons.

Dependent. Also called: ward of court a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court.

A Guardianship Order is a court appointment which authorises a authorising someone to take action or make decisions on behalf of an individual who lacks capacity. A Guardianship Order can be in relation to property and financial matters, personal welfare or a combination of these.

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ward. n. 1) a person (usually a minor) who has a guardian appointed by the court to care for and take responsibility for that person. A governmental agency may take temporary custody of a minor for his/her protection and care if the child is suffering from parental neglect or abuse, or has been in trouble with the law.

In California, a ward of the court is a judge's decision for the delinquency court to assume the treatment and the general control of the juvenile offender. If the juvenile court finds your child guilty of committing a serious felony offense, the juvenile court may make the child a ward of the court.

Guardianship. A legal arrangement where the court appoints a person or institution as a guardian to make decisions for an incapacitated person, and/or a child -- decisions about housing, medical care, legal issues, financial issues and services. The individual being cared for in the guardianship is called the “ward.”

Guardianship. A legal arrangement where the court appoints a person or institution as a guardian to make decisions for an incapacitated person, and/or a child -- decisions about housing, medical care, legal issues, financial issues and services. The individual being cared for in the guardianship is called the “ward.”