Guardianship Over the Funds (Wilāyah ʿalā al-Māl) in Jordan

Guardianship over funds under Jordanian law is the authority to manage, preserve, and invest the minor's funds. Article 223 of the Personal Status Law provides that the minor's guardian is his father, then the father's trustee, then the true grandfather, then the court or the trustee it appoints, and Article 234 requires whoever manages the funds to manage and care for them with the diligence of a prudent person.

Article 237 restricts major dispositions of the minor's funds, so the sale or mortgage of real property, relinquishment, lending, settlement, partition of jointly owned property, and investment are valid only with the court's permission and in the manner it sets. Article 235 subjects the trustee's actions to the court's oversight, and Article 227 addresses dispositions by the father and grandfather involving gross undervaluation.

Guardianship over funds is thus bounded by the minor's interest and by judicial oversight, and is not left to the guardian or trustee unrestricted in serious dispositions.

Assessing the validity of a disposition and the need for the court's permission remains within the Sharia Court's competence on the facts of each case.

This is a general explanation based on Jordanian Personal Status Law and does not replace advice from a qualified lawyer in a specific dispute.