What is ‘Natural Guardian’
A child’s parent. In divorce situations, the parent with custody is considered the natural guardian. The opposite of a natural guardian is an appointed guardian or legal guardian, who must be authorized by a court or a will to care for and make decisions on behalf of a minor child. Of particular concern are financial and medical decisions; since minor children generally do not have legal authority to make such decisions, their natural or legal guardian must authorize them.
Explaining ‘Natural Guardian’
When a child with a disability becomes an adult with a disability, his or her parent may need to be appointed by a court as guardian and/or conservator in order to continue making medical, personal and financial decisions that the disabled person is incapable of making.
Further Reading
- The guardian state and its economic development model – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- The green economy: Reconceptualizing the natural commons as natural capital – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Economic geographies of financialization – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- At the crossroads: the euro and its central bank guardian (and saviour?) – academic.oup.com [PDF]
- Reporting the global financial crisis: A longitudinal tri-nation study of mainstream financial journalism – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
- Financial inclusion and economic growth in Nigeria – eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng [PDF]
- Bulldozing biodiversity: The economics of offsets and trading-in Nature – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
