Disputatio de tutelis

sustenance, and where the ward ought to reside can be referred to the person himself.
XXVI.
A ward ought not to be educated among those who are under suspicion due to the hope of succession, so much so that he should not even be with his mother if she brings in a stepfather.

XXVII.
He ought to be instructed in studies, fed according to the measure of his means, and reside in the fatherland where he has his means.

XXIIX.
As for goods, it is the guardian's duty to administer them with no less diligence, but rather with greater, than his own affairs.

XXIX.
Wherefore, if the appointed guardian wishes to remain out of danger, he will diligently pursue the debtors he finds.

XXX.
Furthermore, he is also bound to keep watch over co-guardians: for their deeds are sometimes imputed to him as well.

XXXI.
The guardian provides authority when he approves in the act itself that which is being done.

XXXII.
This is so necessary that, by regular law, a ward cannot even be naturally obligated without it from a business deal conducted with him.

XXXIII.
The most potent way of ending a guardianship is puberty, when, naturally, a male has completed his 14th year, but a female her 12th year.