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Order To Guardian And-Or Conservator And Acknowledgment - Arizona
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(1) Person Filing: Street Address: City, State, Zip: Phone Number: Representing Self SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF COCONINO (2) In the Matter of the Guardianship and/or Conservatorship of: Ward 1: Ward 2: Ward 3: [ ] An Adult [ ] A Minor (3) Case Number: GC ORDER TO GUARDIAN AND/OR CONSERVATOR AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT (4) The court is greatly concerned with the ward's welfare and best interest. By accepting appointment as guardian and/or conservator, you have subjected yourself to the court's power and supervision. Therefore, to help avoid problems and assist you in performing your duties, this order is entered. You are required to be guided by it and comply with its provisions as it relates to your duties as guardian and/or conservator as follows: GUARDIAN: 1. You have powers and responsibilities similar to those of a parent of a minor child, except you are not legally obligated to contribute to the ward's support from your own funds. 2. Unless the order appointing you provides otherwise, your duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to making appropriate arrangements to meet the ward's personal needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter. 3. You are responsible for making decisions concerning the ward's educational, social, and religious activities. If a ward is over 13, you must take into account their preferences to the extent you know them or can discover them with a reasonable effort. 4. You are responsible for making decisions concerning the ward's medical needs, including but not limited to deciding to place a ward in a nursing home or other health care facility and employing health professionals to provide for the ward's health care needs. However, you are to use the least restrictive means and environment available that meets the ward's needs. 5. You may arrange for medical care to be provided even if the ward does not wish to have it. This includes outpatient mental health care and treatment. 6. You may handle small amounts of the ward's money or property without being appointed conservator. As a general rule, "small amount" means the ward does not receive income (from all sources) exceeding $5,000 per year, does not accumulate excess funds exceeding that amount, and does not own real property. If you come to possess or accumulate more than these amounts, you are required to petition for the appointment of a conservator. Page 1 of 5 Revised February 2005 Coconino County Law Library and Self-Help Center Forms American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com 7. If you handle any of the ward's money or property, you must do each of the following. a. Care for and protect the ward's personal effects. b. Apply any monies you receive for the ward's current support, care, and educational needs. c. Conserve any excess funds not so spent for the ward's future needs. d. Maintain the ward's funds in a separate account, distinct from your own and identified as belonging to the ward. e. Maintain records of all the ward's property received and expended during the guardianship. f. Account to the ward or their successors at the termination of the guardianship, if requested. g. Do not purchase, lease, borrow, or use the ward's property or money for your or anyone else's benefit without prior court approval. 8. You shall not accept any kind of remuneration for placing a ward in a particular nursing home or other care facility or using a certain doctor or lawyer. "Remuneration" includes but is not limited to direct or indirect payments of money, "kickbacks", gifts, favors, and other kinds of personal benefits. 9. You will need to obtain a certified copy of the Letters issued to you by the Clerk of Court. Your certified copy is proof of your authority to act as the ward's guardian, and you should have it available when acting on the ward's behalf. You may need to obtain additional or updated copies from time to time for delivery to or inspection by the people with whom you are dealing. 10. You are required to report to the court annually, in writing, with respect to the ward's residence and physical and mental health and whether guardianship is still needed. Your Guardian's Annual Report is due each year on the anniversary date of your appointment. You must send copies of the Report to the persons named in Arizona law. 11. You must be conscious at all times of the ward's needs and best interest. If the circumstances that made the guardianship necessary should end, you are responsible for petitioning to terminate it and be discharged from your responsibilities as guardian. Even if the guardianship should terminate by operation of law, you will not be discharged without an order from this court discharging you. 12. If you should be unable to continue your duties for any reason, you and your guardian or conservator must petition the court to accept your resignation and appoint a successor. If you should die, your personal representative or someone acting on your behalf must advise the court and petition for the appointment of a successor. 13. If you have any questions about the meaning of this Order or the duties that it and Arizona law impose on you, you should consult an attorney or petition the court for instructions. 14. If you are now or become guardian for more than two people not related to you by blood or marriage, you must advise the court in writing of the 1) name and address of the court that appointed you, 2) case number, and 3) ward's name and address and 4) any other information the court requires. 15. You must notify the court in writing immediately of a change in address or phone number of a guardian or ward. If you have been granted authority to consent to the ward's inpatient mental health treatment, the following additional duties and obligations apply: 1. You are additionally responsible for making decisions concerning the ward's mental health needs, including deciding to place the ward in a mental health treatment facility. 2. The court has granted you authority to place the ward in a level one mental health treatment facility for inpatient mental health treatment. This means you may admit a ward for inpatient mental health treatment. With that authority goes certain legal responsibilities which include: Page 2 of 5 Revised February 2005 Coconino County Law Library and Self-Help Center Forms American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com a. You must seek the advice and assistance of qualified mental health professionals in determining the ward's needs for c
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