According to the personal status law, it is the person who legally represents the minor or the quarantined one in court and represents him/her in all legal matters and financial transactions; it is usually the father. The legal tutor, supported by the religious laws, is responsible for guarding the person and his/her money. The concept of the guardian is the same in all sects: Christians consider it to be granted to the father, then to the mother after the father's death, provided that she doesn’t remarry (Article 184 of Catholic communities Law). For Sunnis, it’s granted to the father, then grandfather, brother, uncle (from father’s side) and then the relatives. For Shi’ites, it’s granted to the father, then to the grandfather and then to the person appointed by one of them. Penal Code punishes the legal tutor who commits a crime against the ward by dropping their authority, as the Code of Obligations and Contracts considers the guardian responsible for compensation of any damage caused by the guarded person.