Article 34. The Guardianship and Trusteeship Bodies

1. The guardianship and trusteeship bodies shall be the executive bodies of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. Also local self-government bodies are deemed bodies of guardianship and tutelage if under a law of a subject of the Russian Federation they have guardianship and tutelage powers in accordance with federal laws.

Issues of the organisation and operation of bodies of guardianship and tutelage in the field of guardianship and tutelage in respect of children left without parental care are defined by the present Code, the Family Code of the Russian Federation, Federal Law No. 184-FZ of October 6, 1999 on the General Principles of Organisation of the Legislative (Representative) and Executive Governmental Bodies of the Subjects of the Russian Federation, Federal Law No. 131-FZ of October 6, 2003 on the General Principles of Organisation of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation, other federal laws and laws of subjects of the Russian Federation. 

The powers of a body of custodianship and guardianship in respect of a ward shall be vested in the body that has established the custodianship or guardianship. If the ward has changed his/her residence the powers of a body of custodianship and guardianship shall be vested in the body of custodianship and guardianship at the ward's new place of residence in the procedure defined by the Federal Law on Custodianship and Guardianship.

2. The court shall be obliged, within three days from the date of the enforcement of its decision on recognizing the citizen as legally incapable or on restricting his active capacity, to inform about this the guardianship and trusteeship body by the place of this citizen's residence for putting him under the guardianship or the trusteeship.

3. The guardianship and trusteeship body by the place of the wards' residence shall exercise supervision over the activities of their guardians and trustees.