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Book 4 · Family law  ›  Subtitle 1 · Creation of guardianship › Section 1777

Prerequisites for the right to name the guardian

(1) The parents may only name a guardian if at the time of their death they have the parental custody for the person and the assets of the child.

(2) The father may name a guardian for a child that is born only after his death where he would be entitled to do this if the child had been born before his death.

(3) The guardian is named by testamentary disposition.

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