> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.trooply.co.uk/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.trooply.co.uk/guardians.md).

# Guardians

## List a member's guardians

> Returns the parents and carers recorded against a member, including their contact details and which one is the primary contact.

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```

## Add a guardian to a member

> Records a parent or carer for the member. Set \`is\_primary\` to mark them as the main point of contact. The created guardian is returned in \`data\`.

```json
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```

## Remove a guardian from a member

> Deletes a guardian record from the member. Returns \`204 No Content\` on success.

```json
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```

## Update a guardian

> Applies a partial update to a guardian. Only the fields present in the request body are changed. The updated guardian is returned in \`data\`.

```json
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```


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