[Officers] Fw: [antir-seneschals] Definition of "guardian"

[Tomas macD]

There is quite a dialog continuing on the Seneschal's list dealing with children not escorted by their parents.
When the dust settles, I'll try to send out a summary of the communications.

Tomas



From: Ysane la Gaillarde 
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:35 PM
To: An Tirian Seneschal ; camdus17 at juno.com 
Cc: antir-seneschals at antir.sca.org 
Subject: Re: [antir-seneschals] Definition of "guardian"


As an example, I have a friend in Calgary who is sending her 16yr old daughter here to come to an event with me this weekend. The teen will have two copies of a signed Minor Medical Waiver authorizing me (as the assigned adult) to approve any medical care she might need. My friend is actually very happy that the SCA has these rules to protect her child, and this is the main reason she's allowing her teen to come and play with us.

Ysane la Gaillarde
Seagirt Seneschal


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: An Tirian Seneschal 
  To: camdus17 at juno.com 
  Cc: antir-seneschals at antir.sca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [antir-seneschals] Definition of "guardian"


  A 'legal' guardian or guardian as defined in our waivers is exactly
  that: an actual parent or court appointed guardian.

  A parent cannot send the child with a grandparent and call them the
  guardian. They CAN send them with the grandparent who is called an
  "assigned adult" as stated in the Minor Medical Waiver. That Minor
  Medical Waiver is the parent or guardian authorizing the "assigned
  adult" to approve the medical care indicated.

  However, and this is very important, an assigned adult CANNOT
  authorize the minor's participation in any combat related activities.
   The minor waiver states "I further understand that said minor cannot
  participate under ANY circumstances in armored martial arts, any
  combat-related activities, combat-archery, or fencing without parental
  consent where such participation is allowed by kingdom law." This
  means that an assigned adult must also have a signed letter permitting
  the minor to participate in the parent's absence.



  -- 
  Baron James Llewellyn ap Gruffydd, OP
  Kingdom Seneschal, An Tir



  > I suppose this august assembly has fielded this question before, but as I
  > am relatively new I know not the answer: how do we define "guardian" (as in
  > a guardian of a minor) in the SCA? In my modern career I use a very
  > specific definition which involves a court's determination and bonding and
  > the removal or limitation of the rights of other parties.
  >
  > Can a parent send their child to an SCA event with a grandparent and call
  > the grandparent the child's 'guardian' for this purpose? In my modern work,
  > the answer would be resoundingly NO. What say you, good gentles?
  >
  > Domestique,
  >
  > Dunstan
  >
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