SEE BELOW: 4) Would a guardianship be sought if the father was widowed but still alive? Not typically because legal order when a mother died is Father > minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). If the Father died, it was minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). Either way, Kids must be taken care of till age 21 (males) and most unmarried females continued to live at home so then the widow could apply for an upkeep allowance (if the Estate remained unsettled). Based on SW PA research and I welcome other people's comments on what I've written here. OFTENTIMES IN OHIO, IF A WIFE/MOTHER HAD RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE FROM HER FATHER AND THEN DIED, HER CHILDREN WERE SET UP WITH A GUARDIAN TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS IN THAT ESTATE. THAT ESTATE/MONEY DID NOT PASS TO THE HUSBAND/FATHER. p

How abt if the father dies young and 24 yr old mother has young Children? I have a case in 1880s in northcentral WV where this happened, and her father gained guardianship. Handled money, reported to courts, etc. Would this be usual? Thank you very much. Beverly Railey Robinson Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2014, at 8:24 AM, Pat McArtor <pmca2@frontier.com> wrote: > SEE BELOW: > 4) Would a guardianship be sought if the father was widowed but still alive? > > Not typically because legal order when a mother died is Father > minor > children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and > if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of > signing legal contracts). > > If the Father died, it was minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her > husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). > > Either way, Kids must be taken care of till age 21 (males) and most > unmarried females continued to live at home so then the widow could apply > for an upkeep allowance (if the Estate remained unsettled). > > Based on SW PA research and I welcome other people's comments on what I've > written here. > > OFTENTIMES IN OHIO, IF A WIFE/MOTHER HAD RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE FROM HER FATHER AND THEN DIED, HER CHILDREN WERE SET UP WITH A GUARDIAN TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS IN THAT ESTATE. THAT ESTATE/MONEY DID NOT PASS TO THE HUSBAND/FATHER. > p > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message