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People who aren't guardians, including parents who aren't guardians, don't have the right to say how a child is raised or be involved in <span class="noglossary">decision</span>-making about the child. If a guardian plans on moving with the child, people who aren't guardians don't have the right to object. | People who aren't guardians, including parents who aren't guardians, don't have the right to say how a child is raised or be involved in <span class="noglossary">decision</span>-making about the child. If a guardian plans on moving with the child, people who aren't guardians don't have the right to object. | ||
Being a guardian means that you, along with any other guardians, have the obligation to make decisions on behalf of a child and the right to determine how the child is raised. Guardians are presumed to be entitled to manage children's property worth less than $10,000. A guardian can object if another guardian wants to move, with the child or without, and a guardian can make another person a guardian in his or her will. | Being a guardian means that you, along with any other guardians, have the obligation to make decisions on behalf of a child and the right to determine how the child is raised. Guardians are presumed to be entitled to manage children's property worth less than $10,000. A guardian can object if another guardian wants to move, with the child or without, and a guardian can make another person a guardian of the child in his or her will. | ||
Most of the time, a parent will want to be a guardian of his or her child. | Most of the time, a parent will want to be a guardian of his or her child. | ||
