{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-5b.10","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 5b.10","heading":"b.10 Parents and guardians.","body":"For the purpose of this part, a parent or guardian of any minor or the legal guardian or any individual who has been declared incompetent due to physical or mental incapacity or age by a court of competent jurisdiction is authorized to act on behalf of an individual or a subject individual. Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of § 5b.5, of this part governing procedures for verifying an individual's identity, an individual authorized to act on behalf of a minor or legal incompetent will be viewed as if he were the individual or subject individual.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education","PART 5b—PRIVACY ACT REGULATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"df0e928e36d00df4b939f0d4eb2c1dc3ec180959b8dca2daa0b7a6e05e5514fa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-5b.9","next":"us/34-cfr-5b.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}