[TRYPHONINUS libro quarto decimo disputationum. ] §27.2.6.prSi absens sit tutor et alimenta pupillus desideret, si quidem neglegentia et nimia cessatio in administratione tutoris obiciatur, quae etiam ex hoc arguatur, quod per absentiam eius deserta derelictaque sunt pupilli negotia, euocatis adfinibus atque amicis tutoris praetor edicto proposito causa cognita etiam absente tutore uel remouendum eum, qui dignus tali nota uidebitur, decernet uel adiungendum curatorem: et ita qui datus erit, expediet alimenta pupillo.
[TRYPHONINUS, from the fourteenth book of Disputations.] If a tutor is absent and the ward requires maintenance, if indeed negligence and excessive inaction in the administration of the tutor are charged, which is also proved by this fact, that through his absence the business of the ward is deserted and abandoned, the praetor, having summoned the relatives and friends of the tutor and published an edict, after investigating the case, even in the absence of the tutor, shall decide either that he who shall seem worthy of such ignominy is to be removed, or that a curator is to be appointed; and thus he who is appointed shall provide maintenance for the ward.
si uero necessaria absentia tutoris et inprouisa acciderit, forte quod subito ad cognitionem principalem profectus nec rei suae prouidere nec consulere pupillo potuerit et speratur redire et idoneus sit tutor nec expediat alium adiungi et pupillus alimenta de re sua postulet: recte constituetur ad hoc solum, ut ex re pupilli alimenta expediat.
But if the absence of the tutor is necessary and unforeseen, as for instance because he, having suddenly set out for an imperial investigation, could neither provide for his own property nor take counsel for the ward, and it is hoped that he will return, and the tutor is suitable, and it is not expedient that another be appointed, and the ward requests maintenance from his own property: someone shall be rightfully appointed for this sole purpose, namely, to provide maintenance from the property of the ward.