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Civil Act — Article 918 (Management of property gifted to child by third party)

민법 제918조

(1) If a third party, in gifting a property to a child, has declared an intention to oppose the management of the property by the person of parental authority, the person of parental authority shall not manage the property.

(2) If, in case of paragraph (1), the third party has not designated a manager for the property, the court will appoint a manager upon the application of the child to whom the property has been gifted, or of any of its relatives pursuant to the provisions of Article 777.

(3) The same shall apply as prescribed in the preceding paragraph if, where the authority of the manager designated by the third party has been terminated, or if it becomes necessary to change manager, but the third party fails to appoint a new manager.

(4) The provisions of Article 24(1), (2) and (4), former part of Article 25 and Article 26(1) and (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of paragraphs (2) and (3).

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