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Is it permissible for a man to be at a woman's home at night if both of her parents are at home, but sleeping? What if they are awake?

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see here: sichosinenglish.org/books/the-laws-of-yichud/07.htm#t202 check out the footnotes as well – Menachem May 11 '12 at 20:57
@Menachem post it as answer – jutky May 12 '12 at 20:18
@jutky: it's not an exact answer, since it only discusses if one of the parents are there, not if both are. I didn't look up the footnotes, so I don't know if they discuss it there. – Menachem May 13 '12 at 0:58

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They would have to be in the same room as either the man or woman. In the same house is not enough, since a closed door is effectively a different place. Since you can not see into it from outside. While sleeping only works if the person is easily roused - a deep sleeper is not an effective shomer. And in a different room is certainly not enough while sleeping, even if it may be OK if the person is awake and you expect they might enter unannounced.

A shomer is not a "game" - the person must actually guard, so anything that prevents that (loud noise, closed door, deep sleeper, etc) negates what they do.

This is on top of all the restrictions in what Menachem linked to.

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Citations to sources would vastly increase the value of your answer. – msh210♦ May 13 '12 at 8:28

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