> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.relyant.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guardians

> Link parents and guardians to students and review guardian records

Guardians are the parents and other adults responsible for a student. You link them on each student's profile, and the **Guardians** list shows every guardian who has a member account.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Every role can view guardians. You need guardian create permission to link a guardian, update permission to edit family background, and delete permission to remove one. By default only **Admin**, **Owner**, and **Super Admin** have these.

## Two kinds of guardian

* **Linked member** — a guardian connected to a Relyant account, usually with the **Parent** school role. They appear in the **Guardians** list and can use the parent portal. See [Parent portal](https://docs.relyant.app/edu/settings/parent-portal.md).
* **Contact** — a name with optional email and phone. Contacts appear on the student's profile, marked **Contact only**, and on family cards, but not in the **Guardians** list.

## Add a guardian to a student

**1. Open the student**

In the left rail, click **People**, then **Students**, and open the student.

**2. Start adding a guardian**

On the **Overview** tab, in the **Guardians** card, click **Add**.

**3. Choose a member or a contact**

On the **Link member** tab, search by name or email and select the member. On the **Add contact** tab, enter a **Full name**, plus an optional **Email** and **Phone**.

**4. Set the relationship**

Choose a **Relationship**: **Mother**, **Father**, **Grandparent**, **Aunt / Uncle**, **Sibling**, **Foster carer**, **Guardian**, or **Other**. Select **Primary contact** if this is the main guardian.

**5. Save**

Save the guardian. They now appear on the student's profile and in the family card.

> [!TIP]
>
> **Email guardian** in a student's **More actions** menu opens an email to the primary guardian. It's disabled if the primary guardian has no email.

To add guardians for many students at once, include them in a student import. See [Import students](https://docs.relyant.app/edu/people/import-students.md).

## Attendance emails to contacts

A contact with an email gets an email when the student is marked absent. Guardians added through a student import start with these emails off, shown as **Attendance emails off**, until you turn them on.

To change it, hover over the contact in the student's **Guardians** card and click the bell icon. You need guardian update permission.

## Guardians list

In the left rail, click **People**, then **Guardians**. Each row shows the guardian's name, relationship, email, the first few linked students, and a student count. Search by guardian or student name. Click **Filter** to filter by **Relationship** or **Primary contact**.

## Guardian record

Click a guardian to open their record. Use the arrows at the top to step through guardians.

* The left panel shows **Details** (**Full name**, **Email**, **Phone**) and the linked **Students**. Click **Email** to write to the guardian, or **View profile** to open their member profile in Facilities & Assets.
* The **Overview** tab shows counts of linked and active students and the **Family Background** note, which you can edit.
* The **Students** tab lists each linked student with grade, class, relationship, and whether this guardian is the primary contact.
* The **Meetings** tab appears when your organization uses Scribe or has turned on **Meeting Notes**.

## Remove a guardian

On the student's profile, hover over the guardian in the **Guardians** card and click the remove button. This unlinks the guardian from that student only.


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