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guardianship::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | keeping, safekeeping |
| Type of | obligation, duty, responsibility |
| Has types | hands, custody |
| Derivation | guardian |
guardianship::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | care, charge, tutelage |
| Type of | protection |
| Has types | providence, due care, foster care, great care, slight care, reasonable care, ordinary care |
| Derivation | guardian |
Examples of guardianship
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The state's child-welfare agency is cutting money for guardianship and adoption.
From the dailyherald.com
The boy was living with McCready's mother, who was awarded guardianship in 2007.
From the suntimes.com
It can also include identity theft, abuse of guardianship or even Medicare fraud.
From the kentucky.com
Foster parents of the two oldest boys will seek guardianship, Gary Staton said.
From the omaha.com
My other daughter and I look after him, but neither of us has legal guardianship.
From the chron.com
Michelle Hinmon, Dekraai's mother, was one of the petitioners for guardianship.
From the ocregister.com
Taking the theme of guardianship, Ihimaera has written some resonant rhetoric.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Katherine Jackson was given guardianship over the children by a Los Angeles judge.
From the cnn.com
The guardianship is for both Frances Bean personally and her financial well-being.
From the post-gazette.com
- Care: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
- The responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"
- A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. ...
- Guardianship (Walayah) is an Ismaili and Druze pillar of Islam denoting: Walayah or Walaya, in the most literal form of the word, means "a person, community, or country that is under the direction and rule of another". ...
- (Guardianships) A Court supervised proceeding where a guardian is appointed or selected by the Court to act on the behalf of an incapacitated person or a minor. ...
- (GUARDIANSHIPS) Students in these circumstances may qualify for in-state tuition through the domicile of a Colorado guardian only if your guardian has legal custody as defined by Colorado Revised Statutes 19-1-103(73).
- In California, a court proceeding where a judge appoints someone to care for a person under age 18 or to manage the minor's estate (property), or both. In some states, conservatorship of an adult is called guardianship, but not in California. (Compare with conservatorship.)
- A guardian is a person who is legally responsible for a child. In kinship care, guardianship may serve as an alternative to adoption, when the child's relative assumes a parental role but prefers not to adopt. ...
- The court appoints someone to make decisions when a person no longer can and decides when a person cannot make decisions. The family may need this if other advance planning documents are not in place.
