Article 26. Appointment of a guardian or trustee for minors at the request of their parents or of the minors themselves

A guardian or trustee may be appointed by decision of the district or city khokim on the basis of an application from a parent to appoint, for the period during which the parents are unable to perform their parental duties for valid reasons, a guardian or trustee for their minor children; the application shall indicate a specific person and the period for which the powers of the guardian or trustee are to be effective.

Parents of minor children may, due to their state of health, designate for their children a guardian or trustee, provided the person consents. The parentsʼ application to appoint a guardian or trustee for their minor children shall be submitted to the guardianship and trusteeship body at the childrenʼs place of residence.

The parentsʼ application to appoint a guardian or trustee for their minor children must be signed by the parents in their own hand with the date indicated, and be notarized.

Parents have the right to revoke or amend their application to appoint a guardian or trustee for their minor children by submitting a new application to the guardianship and trusteeship body at the childrenʼs place of residence.

A trustee may be appointed, by decision of the district or city khokim, to a minor who has reached the age of fourteen on the basis of an application from that minor specifying a particular person.

The district or city khokim may refuse to appoint as guardian or trustee the person indicated by the father (mother), by both parents, or by a minor who has reached the age of fourteen only if such appointment would contravene legislation or the lawful interests of the minor.