The writer of the Franziscean cadastre elaborate had written about husbands in Goriška brda that they are “submitted to the incredible effort, which is the cause for their long childhood and short life time and the majority of adults (men) have a hernia and a rounded back “. Because of the frequent dying of one of the spouses the society was facing a number of underaged children without one parent. In the first half of the 19th century there were 419 cases of death of either father or mother in that area and in 128 of those cases the presence of minor children was recorded. The court always appointed a legal guardian for them. In case of mother’s death the father was named a guardian and in case of father’s death besides the mother a co-guardian was named, usually another family member or otherwise related male person. Legally, the guardian was managing the heritage for the orphan, raised an orphan and that is why he got a part of the income of the proteges’ property. For guardians of minors with a significant heritage thus assignement meant finanicial benefits. Caring for the children of poor tenants was connected with the resolving of social issues within the family or village structure.