[ULPIANUS libro tertio de officio proconsulis. ] §26.5.12.prHis qui in ea causa sunt, ut superesse rebus suis non possint, dare curatorem proconsulem oportebit. §26.5.12.1Nec dubitabit filium quoque patri curatorem dare: quamuis enim contra sit apud Celsum et apud alios plerosque relatum, quasi indecorum sit patrem a filio regi, attamen diuus Pius Instio Celeri, item diui fratres rescripserunt filium, si sobrie uiuat, patri curatorem dandum magis quam extraneum. §26.5.12.2Diuus Pius matris querellam de filiis prodigis admisit, ut curatorem accipiant, in haec uerba: 'Non est nouum quosdam, etsi mentis suae uidebuntur ex sermonibus compotes esse, tamen sic tractare bona ad se pertinentia, ut, nisi subueniatur is, deducantur in egestatem.
[ULPIANUS, from the third book on the Office of Proconsul.] proconsul must appoint a curator for those who are in such a condition that they are unable to manage their own affairs. should he hesitate to appoint a son as curator for his father as well; for although the contrary is recorded in Celsus and in most others, as if it were unseemly for a father to be ruled by his son, nevertheless the deified Pius rescriped to Instius Celer, and likewise the deified brothers, that a son, if he lives soberly, should be appointed as curator for his father rather than a stranger. deified Pius admitted a mother's complaint concerning her prodigal sons, so that they should receive a curator, in these words: "It is nothing new that some persons, even if they seem to be of sound mind from their conversation, nevertheless handle the property belonging to them in such a way that, unless they are assisted, they are reduced to poverty.
eligendus itaque erit, qui eos consilio regat: nam aequum est prospicere nos etiam eis, qui quod ad bona ipsorum pertinet, furiosum faciunt exitum'.
Therefore, someone must be chosen to guide them with advice; for it is just that we provide also for those who, as far as their property is concerned, bring about a ruinous end."