Vol. 504 No. 2
294 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans, if any, he has to review the provision made by parents of a child with a mental handicap to allow for a future guardian to be named in the will as the person to look after the child or adult who is to be left in the guardian's care. [11608/99]
The law already provides, in the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964, for the appointment of a testamentary guardian of a child by the deed or will of a deceased parent. A parent can also, in the normal course in his or her will, make arrangements for the maintenance of any of his or her children who has a mental disability, through, for example, the appointment of trustees to manage the property willed to the child.
