Hi, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that most of the answers didn't post through the Mailing List. Here is what I sent out to another member who didn't see a reply: Here's what they basically all say: The general rule is that if the infant is under fourteen, the court has full authority to name his guardian but if he is fourteen or older, he can nominate his own guardian subject to court approval. This guardian is usually required until the "child" reaches 21 or 18 depending on the state law at the time...or the instructions given in the will. Intestate proceedings usually follow the "becomes of age" which might be 21 in North Carolina...depending on the year. So basically an infant is any child under 14, and under 21 who required a guardian. It was also pointed out that the old laws only recognized two types of circumstances: INFANT and ADULT And again, thanks to all for the interest. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: <carol_simpson@springmail.com> To: "Deloris Williams" <vze3zfbd@verizon.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:43 AM Subject: Re: Re: [NCWARREN-L] The word "Infant" in Documents > Please post the most common answer in NCWarren email mailing list so the rest of us will understand the term. I only saw one response to the general mailing list. Would appreciate it. Keep up the good work! > Thanks > Carol Simpson > -------Original Message------- > From: Deloris Williams <deloris.williams2@verizon.net> > Sent: 03/18/03 04:29 PM > To: NCWARREN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCWARREN-L] The word "Infant" in Documents > > > > > Thanks to all replies in response to my questions regarding Infants. I > really appreciate the prompt replies. > > > > Deloris > > > > ==== NCWARREN Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the Warren County Mailing list. Visit the Warren County > Website at <a target=_blank > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwarren/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwarren/ </a> > > > >