Ford v. Security National Bank of Greensboro

The assignments of error do not challenge the impoverished condition of the children nor the adequacy of the incompetent’s estate to make the payments as directed without endangering his prior right to support.

The guardian’s position is that the evidence demonstrates that an advancement made to any child would be wasted unless properly secured by court order and for that reason the payment ordered is not for the better promotion or advancement in life of any child and is not therefore authorized.

While a parent is under a legal as well as a moral obligation to support his minor children, that…