Civil Code, Article 2262 — Guardians Appointed Before Effectivity

What this article means

A transitional rule for the 1950 changeover: guardians of the property of minors appointed by the courts before this Code took effect continue to act as such, notwithstanding article 320.

Court-appointed guardians represent a legal relationship the state had already reviewed and put in place before the new Code arrived; unwinding and re-litigating each of those appointments simply because Article 320 might set up guardianship differently could have disrupted the minors those guardians were already protecting. This article avoids that disruption: it lets guardianships already created under the earlier law continue exactly as they were, without requiring a fresh appointment or proceeding under the Code's own rules on the subject.

Questions about this provision

• If a court appointed a guardian for a minor's property before the new Civil Code took effect, is that guardianship still valid?

Related provisions

• Article 2261 — Exemption For Existing Support.
• Article 2263 — Which Law Governs Succession.

Cases interpreting this article

• Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.