Abstract
This paper is a commentary on the provisions of sections 928 to 942 of the Civil Code, which are provisions dealing with guardianship. Thus, in relation to the individual provisions, the text contains an overview of the situations in which a guardian must be appointed for a child, the definition of the content of his/her function, the relationship of the guardian to the guardianship board, as well as the changes introduced to the legal regulation of guardianship by the amendment of the Civil Code by Act No. 192/2021 Coll.
Furthermore, attention is paid to the institution of public guardianship exercised by the authority for social and legal protection of children, the court's procedure for appointing a guardian, the exercise of the guardianship function and the court's supervision over its exercise and, finally, the termination of guardianship.