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Guardianship Generally 031 - Tennessee
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GUARDIANSHIP GENERALLY [T.C.A. 34-2-101 34-2-106.] 1. WHAT IS A GUARDIAN . A guardian is a person appointed by the Court to provide partial or full supervision, protection and assistance to a minor. The person may be appointed as guardian of the minors perso,n or property, or both. [T.C.A. 34-1-101.] 2. WHO MAY FILE . Any person may file a petition for appointment of a guardian if they have knowledge of circumstances necessitating a guardianshi[Tp..C .A. 34-2-102.] The persons having priority to be a guardian, subject always to the Courts discretion(1), ar the: e paren(st) of the minor; (2) the person(s) designated by the parent(s) (e.g., in a Will(3)); a dult sibling(s) of the minor;(4) closest relatives of the minor; an(5)d other persons[T .C.A. 34-1-103.] 3. WHERE TO FILE . Can file petition in Juvenile Court for appointment of guardian of the per onsloy. n All other petitions may be filed in any probate court or other court of record. Venue is in the county of residence of the minor, the county of residence of the minors parents, or if the minors parents are separated, in the county of the custodial par[Ten.Ct..A . 34-2-101.] 4. PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN . See the form for PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN . [T.C.A. 34-2-104.] 5. COURT ORDER OF GUARDIANSHIP . See the form for ORDER OF GUARDIANSHIP . [T.C.A. 34-2-105.] 6. TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP . Guardianships of the perso orn estate, or both ,terminate on the th minors 18 birthday. [T.C.A. 34-2-106(a).] 7. CONTINUATION OF GUARDIANSHIP BEYOND AGE 18. Any interested party may petition the Court to th continue a guardianship until the wards 25 birthday. Such petition must be filed within ninety th days before the minors 1 8 birthday, and not later than the filing of thReE PLIMINARY FINAL ACCOUNTING , which must be filed not later than 60 days after the guardianship terminates. The th burden of continuing the guardianship until the ward s 25 birthday is on the person seeking the Beware: if the Court does not continue the guardianship, the minor can be awarded continuation. [Beware: if the Court does not con ortinue t estahtee guar, or bdoitah,ns if hithp,e t minohe mri hanors ca prne vbioe awarusly ded been determined to be a disabled person, when the minor reaches 18 years of age, the Guar dian automatically continues as Conservato. r[T.C.A. 34-2-106(b).] 8. FINAL ACCOUNTING. Within 60 days after the guardianship of the es tateterminates, the guardian must file the PRELIMINARY FINAL ACCOUNTING , which must account for all assets, receipts, and disbursements from the date of the last accounting until the date of termination and also state the remaining assets. If no objection is filed to the clerks report o nP tREhLeIMINARY FINAL ACCOUNTING within 30 days of the filing of the clerks report, the guardian must distribute the remaining assets. The guardian must then file with the Court the receipts and final cancelled checks evidencing the final distribution. When that evidence has been filed, and on Order of the Court, the Note: a final accounting can not be waived by the minor regardless of guardianship will be c[T.lCo.sAed.. 34-2- [Not106(be: a f)(4).ina] l accounting can not be waived by the minor regardless of [Form 031, Rev. 2002.01.11]
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