Functions of the guardian

The guardian shall: 1. Govern and protect the person of the minor, administer his/her assets, as a good head of family, and represent him/her in all civil acts, except in marriage and in the expression of the last will and testament; 2. Educate, or make arrangements for the education, feed and take care of the minor, in accordance with his/her condition, in the manner ordered by the family council; 3. Rebuke and moderately correct the minor with regard to his flaws, resorting, if the minor does not correct these flaws, to the family council who shall act in accordance with article 143; 4. Apply for inventory of the property of the minor at the latest eight days after he/she takes the oath, and diligently promote its prosecution; 5. Request the summoning and the authorisation of the family council, in all cases in which such authorisation is required; 6. Lease the immovable property of the minor for a period not exceeding three years; 7. Provide for the repair and normal expenses of the immovable property, and to have the agricultural land cultivated, if it has not been leased; 8. Collect the rents, pensions, fees shares and interest belonging to the minor, and procure and receive the payment of any debts, except for what is foreseen in number 15 of article 224; 9. Institute legal proceedings to preserve rights, and those to obtain something in the possession of another person, if they are authorized by the family council, and to defend the minor in all legal proceedings instituted against him/her; 10. Pay the minor’s debts, if he/she is authorized to do so; 11. Accept inheritances accruing to the minor, subject to the inventory proceedings; 12. Procure the sale of the minor’s movable assets, in the cases in which these cannot be kept, and the sale of immovable assets, in the cases in which this is permissible.