Article 12. Powers of the child protection units of district (city) khokimiyats in the sphere of guardianship and trusteeship

Within their powers, the child protection units of district (city) khokimiyats:

identify and register orphans and children deprived of parental care;

maintain a database on orphans and children deprived of parental care and submit State statistical reports to the relevant State statistics body in the form and within the time limits established by law;

enter into the information system data concerning orphans and children deprived of parental care, their placement and their property;

ensure the protection of the rights, freedoms and lawful interests of orphans and children deprived of parental care;

select and register persons who have expressed a wish to become guardians or trustees and who meet the requirements set for guardians and trustees;

prepare the documents necessary to establish guardianship or trusteeship over orphans and children deprived of parental care;

examine the living and maintenance conditions of orphans and children deprived of parental care, as well as the living conditions of persons who have expressed a wish to become guardians or trustees, and draw up a report on the results;

prepare, for the district or city khokim, a conclusion on the necessity of establishing guardianship or trusteeship over orphans and children deprived of parental care and on the eligibility of a person who has expressed a wish to be appointed a guardian or trustee;

maintain personal files of persons under guardianship or trusteeship;

exercise oversight over the fulfillment by guardians and trustees of their duties and assist them in organizing the upbringing, medical supervision, education and employment of persons under guardianship or trusteeship;

ensure the placement of orphans and children deprived of parental care and the preservation of their property;

submit to the district or city khokim motions to terminate guardianship or trusteeship and, in the cases provided for in Articles 29 and 30 of this Law, to release or remove guardians or trustees from the performance of their duties;

take measures to remove a child from parents or persons substituting for parents when the childʼs life or health is under immediate threat;

with the consent of trustees, adopt decisions on declaring a minor fully legally capable (emancipation);