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District of Columbia Acceptance of Guardian of Estate of Minor
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A guardian of a minor is a person that has the powers and responsibilities of a parent concerning the child's support, care, education, health, and welfare. A minor is a child under 18 years old. Guardians must at all times act in the child's best interests.
The legal guardianship document is a formal declaration to the court system that another party is responsible for the well-being of the minors. No one can predict when an accident or other disaster may occur. Some include a legal guardianship document in their wills to determine who will raise their children.
To be a guardian, a person must petition the D.C. Superior Court to be appointed. After the petition is filed, the petitioner mails or delivers the required notices to the interested persons of the case. Interested persons often include the heirs of the ward as if he or she had passed away.
Guardianship of minors pertains to a legal relationship between a minor child and a guardian that gives the guardian certain rights and obligations regarding the child.Adopted parents become the legal parents and biological parents give up all parental rights and obligations.
A guardianship of the estate is set up to manage a child's income, money, or other property until the child turns 18. A child may need a guardian of the estate if he or she inherits money or assets. In most cases, the court appoints the surviving parent to be the guardian of the child's estate.
Guardianship is a legal process used to protect individuals who are unable to care for their own well-being due to infancy, incapacity or disability. Legal guardians have the legal authority to make decisions for their ward and represent their ward's personal and financial interests.
There are two types of guardianships, a full guardianship and a limited guardianship.
Parental responsibility is exercised by the child's parents. Guardianship is exercised by someone who is not one of the child's parents. It is up to the person or persons with parental responsibility, or the guardian, to make decisions about the child's care and upbringing and to administer the child's property.
The names of the forms are usually: Petition for Appointment of Guardian (or Petition for Appointment of Guardian of Minor) Petition for Conservatorship (when dealing with an incompetent adult) Order Appointing Guardian.