Opening of Bank Accounts in the Names of Minors with Mothers as Guardians

DBOD.No.Leg.BC.158/C.90(H)-76 29 December, 1976 All Commercial Banks Dear Sirs, Opening of Bank Accounts in the Names of Minors with Mothers as Guardians It has been brought to our notice that considerable difficulty is being experienced by women customers in opening bank accounts in the names of minors, with mothers as their guardians. Presumably, the banks are reluctant to accept the mother as a guardian of a minor, while father is alive in view of section 6 of the

DBOD.No.Leg.BC.158/C.90(H)-76 29 December, 1976 All Commercial Banks Dear Sirs, Opening of Bank Accounts in the Names of Minors with Mothers as Guardians It has been brought to our notice that considerable difficulty is being experienced by women customers in opening bank accounts in the names of minors, with mothers as their guardians. Presumably, the banks are reluctant to accept the mother as a guardian of a minor, while father is alive in view of section 6 of the

Opening of Bank Accounts in the Names of Minors with Mothers as Guardians