[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §26.7.1.prGerere atque administrare tutelam extra ordinem tutor cogi solet.
A tutor is customarily compelled in extraordinary proceedings to conduct and administer the tutelage.
§26.7.1.1Ex quo scit se tutorem datum si cesset tutor, suo periculo cessat: id enim a diuo Marco constitutum est, ut, qui scit se tutorem datum nec excusationem si quam habet allegat intra tempora praestituta, suo periculo cesset.
From the moment he knows that he has been appointed tutor, if the tutor is inactive, he is inactive at his own risk; for it was established by the divine Marcus that he who knows he has been appointed tutor and does not allege any excuse he may have within the prescribed time limits, is inactive at his own risk.
§26.7.1.2Sufficit tutoribus ad plenam defensionem, siue ipsi iudicium suscipiant siue pupillus ipsis auctoribus, nec cogendi sunt tutores cauere, ut defensores solent.
It is sufficient for tutors, for a complete defense, whether they themselves undertake the trial or the pupil does so with their authorization; nor are tutors to be compelled to give security, as defenders are accustomed to do.
licentia igitur erit, utrum malint ipsi suscipere iudicium an pupillum exhibere, ut ipsis auctoribus iudicium suscipiatur: ita tamen, ut pro his, qui fari non possunt uel absint, ipsi tutores iudicium suscipiant, pro his autem, qui supra septimum annum aetatis sunt et praesto fuerint, auctoritatem praestent.
Therefore, they shall have the freedom to choose whether they prefer to undertake the trial themselves or to produce the pupil so that the trial may be undertaken with their authorization; provided, however, that they themselves undertake the trial for those who cannot speak or are absent, but for those who are over seven years of age and are present, they shall provide their authorization.
§26.7.1.3In causis autem adultorum licentia erit agentibus uel ipsum adultum praesentem in iudicium uocare, ut consensu curatoris conueniatur, uel contra curatorem agere, ut ipse litem suscipiat.
In the cases of minors, however, those who bring actions shall have the freedom either to summon the minor themselves, if present, to court so that he may be sued with the consent of the curator, or to bring action against the curator so that he himself may undertake the litigation.
in absentibus autem adultis omnimodo contra curatorem agendum.
But if the minors are absent, action must by all means be brought against the curator.
§26.7.1.4Non denegari autem neque tutoribus neque curatoribus etiam debitores pupillorum uel adultorum ex persona sua prospectu officii in iudicium uocare uel eis hoc facientibus suum accommodare consensum.
Furthermore, it is not denied either to tutors or to curators, out of regard for their duty, to summon the debtors of their pupils or minors to court in their own person, or to grant their consent to them when they do so.