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Guardianship Forms
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Picture of two people at counter To establish a Guardianship of the Person or the Estate, you need the forms listed below.

You can download the forms from this site. Just click on the form number.

Or, get them from the Judicial Council’s Self-Help Center or the Self Service Center in downtown San Jose.

Or, buy blank forms at a bookstore or stationery store. (Check the Yellow Pages under Legal Documents.)

Or, get help online filing out guardianship forms! Click here to find out about "EZ Legal File" - an online interactive (question/answer) free form generator for guardianship and other forms.

GC-020	Notice of Hearing -Guardianship or Conservatorship
GC-205	Guardianship Pamphlet (This is for your information)
GC-210	Petition for Appointment of Guardian of Minor
GC-211	Consent of Guardian, Nomination and Waiver of Notice
GC-212	Confidential Guardianship Screening Form
GC-240	Order Appointing Guardian of Minor
GC-248	Duties of Guardian and Acknowledgment of Receipt
GC-250	Letters of Guardianship
FL-150	Declaration Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act – UCCJEA* * NOT needed if it is a guardianship of estate only
Referral for Court Investigator & Questionnaire (Guardianships)	This is a local Santa Clara form

You may need these forms, too:

GC-021*	Order Dispensing with Notice - Guardianship or Conservatorship *
MC-355**	Order to Deposit Money into Blocked Account **
MC-356***	Receipt and Acknowledgment of Order for the Deposit… ***

* There are times when you may not have to give notice to other people. If you are petitioning for appointment as a guardian, or asking the Court to end a guardianship, the petition form has a place to ask the Court to waive the notice requirement. But, if you are petitioning for some other reason in a guardianship, and you want the court to waive the notice requirement, you must fill out this form and file it. You may need this form if, for example, other people who have an interest in the proposed guardianship cannot be found. If the judge agrees, s/he will sign the order.

** If the court requires you to deposit money in a blocked account.

*** If money has been deposited into a blocked account, the financial institution where the account is held must complete the form letting the Court know that money has been deposited.

To establish a Temporary Guardianship, you need these forms:

GC-020	Notice of Hearing - Guardianship or Conservatorship
GC-110	Order Dispensing with Notice - Guardianship or Conservatorship *
GC-140	Order to Deposit Money into Blocked Account **
GC-150	Receipt and Acknowledgment of Order for the Deposit… ***

Additional Guardianship information at this site

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