guardianships
Protective care arrangements
Guardianships is the plural of guardianship—the legal responsibility for caring for someone unable to care for themselves, typically a minor or incapacitated adult.
Courts establish guardianships when parents die, become unfit, or when adults lose capacity due to illness or disability: The court granted guardianships to the children's aunt.
Guardianship also extends to property or estates.
Scale with lowered third
- orphanChild whose parents died
- wardProtected person; division
- dependentRequiring outside support
- juvenileYoung person or animal
charge · incapacitated · incompetent · elderly · disabled · vulnerable · protected · appointed
Permitted by statute
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- parentalOf mothers and fathers
- maternalOf or like mothers
- paternalOf or from father
joint · sole · temporary · permanent · custodial · noncustodial · visitation · divorce
Preventing harm or loss
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
neglect · exploitation · rights · interests · welfare · safety · supervision · reporting
Agent bound by loyalty
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- executorAppointed estate manager
- administratorPerson who manages operations
estate · assets · beneficiary · inheritance · probate · financial · property · management
minor
Scale with lowered third
juvenile · charge · incapacitated · incompetent · elderly · disabled · vulnerable · protected · appointed · court-appointed
legal
Permitted by statute
paternal · joint · sole · temporary · permanent · custodial · noncustodial · visitation · divorce · settlement
safeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
intervention · neglect · exploitation · rights · interests · welfare · safety · supervision · reporting
fiduciary
Agent bound by loyalty
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- executorAppointed estate manager
administrator · estate · assets · beneficiary · inheritance · probate · financial · property · management · accounting
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
upbringing · provision · support · welfare · wellbeing · placement · kinship · relative · familial · substitute
- legal recordscourt orders, court decisions, court filings, court rolls, court reports
guardianshipsemancipation
Release from legal bondage
abandonment · emancipations · neglect · adoptions · relinquishment
guardianshipsabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
neglect · exploitation · endangerment · abuse · dereliction
guardianshipsemancipation
Release from legal bondage
autonomy · self-determination · independence · self-governance · legal capacity
- legal guardianshipCourt-appointed care authority
- guardianship rightsLegal authority over dependents