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In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian. A court may take responsibility for the legal protection of an individual, usually either a child or incapacitated person, in which case the ward is known as a ward of the court or a ward of the state.
In Australia, New Zealand and the United States, the child is termed a ward of the court. In Ireland and the United Kingdom "the" is not used; the ward is thus termed a ward of court.[1] In Canada the legal term is Crown ward.[2]
Children who are in the custody of government departments, also known as foster care, become wards of the respective government entity, and in the US wards of the states in which they reside. The government or state is in loco parentis to the child, which generally entails assuming all lawful authority to make medical and legal decisions on the child's behalf.[3][4]
Canada
In Canada people of Native American status remain wards of the Crown as a result of [5]
United States
In the Supreme Court case [6]
The Indian Appropriations Act was passed on 3 March 1871, with an amendment ending tribal recognition and the treaty system. All Indians were made wards of the state; thus the U.S.government no longer needed tribal consent in dealing with the tribes.[7]
See also
References
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^ Judicial Office. "Judiciary.Gov.UK". Judiciary.Gov.UK. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
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^ Ontario.Gov
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^ "Nolo Law Dictionary". Nolo.com. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
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^ FAFSA
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^ "Indian Status". Indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
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^ Wilkinson, C (1998). American Indians, Time, and the Law: Native Societies in a Modern Constitutional Democracy. Yale University Press.
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^ "Key Events in the Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant". University of Virginia. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
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