Someone who has been appointed by a court of law to have responsibility for a minor or an incompetent adult Some forms of legal guardianship refer only to responsibility for the financial affairs of the child or incompetent adult The legal guardian can be the representative payee for a beneficiary or someone else can serve as representative payee
a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
An individual appointed by a court to be a "guardian" of a person and specifically required by the court to use his or her financial resources for the support of that person
An individual appointed by a court to be a "guardian" of a person, and specifically required by the court to use his or her financial resources for the support of that person