Guardianship Certificate in Pakistan

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Guardianship Certificate Procedure in Pakistan

he guardianship of a minor for the management and preservation of his property devolves (1) first on his or her father, (2) then on the father’s executor, (3) next on the paternal grandfather, (4) then on his executor, (5) then on the executors of such executors, (6) finally on the ruling power or his representative — a Qazi or judge. Ultimately it rests upon the Qazi to appoint a guardian for an infant’s property when there is no near guardian (i.e., the father, the father’s father and their executors). The other paternal kinsmen who are termed ‘remote kindred’, and the mother succeed, according to proximity, to the guardianship of an infant for the purpose of education and marriage. They do not have the right to be guardians of the minor’s property unless appointed to do so by the ruling authorities, or unless appointed to be a guardian in the original proprietor’s Will, which has been duly attested by competent witnesses. If the mother remarries, she forfeits her right to guardianship. However, she can regain this right should she become divorced again and has thus returned to widowhood.

In case of default of the mother as well as the paternal kindred of a minor, the minor’s maternal relations (according to proximity) are entitled to guardianship for the purposes of education and marriage, and not management of the ward’s property, unless appointed in the late owner’s Will or by the Qazi.

The general rule is that a guardian, executor, or anyone who has the care of the person and property of a minor, can enter into a contract which is (or likely to be) advantageous and not injurious to his or her ward.

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