Section 5-201
A person may become a guardian of a minor by appointment by parent or guardian or upon appointment by the court. The guardianship status continues until terminated, without regard to the location from time to time of the guardian or minor ward. The district or juvenile court may appoint guardians of minors if the person who is the subject of the petition is a minor and there is a proceeding before such district or juvenile court and shall have continuing jurisdiction over resignation, removal, reporting, and other proceedings related to the guardianship.
Comment
One purpose of this section is to establish that a guardian created by parental or guardian appointment under §§ 5-202 and 5-203, infra, has the same legal status, as a guardian by court appointment under § 5-204 and following sections. Another purpose is to declare that the relationship of guardian and ward continues even though both persons involved may move to another jurisdiction. Thus, this Article makes the guardian and ward status more like the parent/child status it replaces. This is in contrast to the older concept that the court of guardianship, acting through the guardian as its appointee, carries the principal responsibility for wards under its jurisdiction. The older concept is not satisfactory as applied to instances where the persons involved leave the jurisdiction of the appointing court.
Massachusetts comment
The last sentence of this section retains the wording of G.L. c. 201, § 1.