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932.

If the guardian does not perform his duties, the family council may appoint a special manager and cause him to manage the ward’s property on the guardian’s responsibility.

933.

The family council may require the guardian to give proper security for the management and restoration of the ward’s property.

934.

If the ward is the head of a house, the guardian exercises the functions of the head of the house in his place; but he must have the consent of the family council to expel a member of the house or to forbid his return, or to consent to the establishment of a branch house or the re-establishment of an abandoned or extinct house by a member of the house.

The guardian exercises the paternal power of a minor in his place. In that case the provisions of Arts. 917–921 and of the preceding ten articles apply correspondingly.

935.

When guardianship arises because the parent exercising the parental power has not the right of management of the property, the guardian has only such powers as relate to the property.

936.

The provisions of Arts. 644, 887, 889, 2 and 892 apply correspondingly to guardians.