{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:197","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Appointment by the Court. - 1. Relative of the Minor by Consanguinity or Affinity","number":"197","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/197/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I - PERSONS","title":"TITLE II. - CAPACITY OF PERSONS.","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Minors","section":"Section 2. - Organs of Protection of Minors","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - Guardian"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The Court shall appoint, as far as possible, as guardian a near relative, by consanguinity or by affinity, of the child, fit and willing to perform such function.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/197/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":68,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/68/?article=197&paragraph=lead#article-197-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}