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The guardian assumes responsibility for the care and management of the person, the assets, or both, of the individual as specified in the appointing order of the Court. The guardian is accountable to the Probate Court which serves as the superior guardian for all guardians.

Your guardian has to visit you. Under the new rules, your guardian has to meet with you in person at least one time before being appointed as your guardian. After the probate court appoints someone as your guardian, the guardian has to meet with you in person at least four times each year.

Short-Term Guardianship You only need a guardianship for a minor child for 6 months or less; AND. The parents will sign and notarize a short-term guardianship agreement. Only one parent's signature is needed if the other parent is deceased, unknown, has no legal rights, or has had their parental rights terminated; AND.

There are four basic types of guardianships in Ohio: guardianship of the person, guardianship of the estate, limited guardianship, and emergency guardianship. Guardianship of the person: The guardian of the person is responsible for the ward's physical, moral, and mental well-being.

Guardianships. (A) All applications for the appointment of a guardian on the grounds of mental incompetency shall be accompanied by either a statement of a physician or clinical psychologist or a statement that the prospective ward has refused to submit to an examination.

The guardianship process for an Ohio resident is started by filing an application in the Probate Court of the county where the proposed ward resides. Unless certain conditions have been met, the proposed ward must have been a resident of Ohio for six months prior to the filing of the application.