Discuss (b) Guardian ad litem

A guardian is a person legally responsible for the care and protection of the person, or the management of the property, of another who cannot act for himself — in family law, principally the minor, and (in the protective jurisdiction) the person of unsound or infirm mind. Guardianship answers the minor's legal incapacity: the child cannot sue, contract, or manage property alone; the guardian is the law's substitute decision-maker, exercising the power in the ward's interest, not as owner — the trust character of the office. The Nepali framework: the Muluki Civil Code, 2074 (the chapters on guardianship and curatorship) together with the Children's Act, 2075 (the child-welfare overlay) and the district court's inherent protective jurisdiction. Guardian vs. curator (the distinction to keep clean): the guardian guards the person (care, residence, education, health); the curator manages the property (estate administration, inventory, accounting). Nepali practice frequently combines both roles in one person under the court's eye — but the concepts remain distinct, and the exam rewards the distinction.