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Take file-stamped copies of your Petition and the affidavits and all other forms to the office of the assigned Judge. 3. The Judge's staff will assign a hearing date and time to be included in the "Order for Hearing" and the "Notice of Petition" which must then be returned to the Court Clerk's office for filing.

March 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant to the personal and property interests of another person who is deemed incompetent, called a ward.

In order to gain guardianship of your grandchild, you must file a petition with the court. The petition must address the circumstances of the child and indicate why a guardian is necessary. Once the petition is filed, an investigation of the child's circumstances and of the prospective guardians begins.

Legal guardianship means a court grants someone other than a biological parent the right to care for a minor. Custody (most often) generally describes a parent caring for his or her own child. Guardianship does not always grant custody or definitively mean a biological parent's custody is revoked.

Oklahoma law specifically states that under no circumstances shall any judge grant the right of visitation to any grandparent if the child is a member of an intact nuclear family and both parents of the child object to the granting of visitation.

You must do your own legal research or contact an attorney for these forms. You can not file guardianship on your own child unless the other parent is deceased. The filing fee for a Relative Guardianship is $77.00. The filing fee for a Non-Relative Guardianship is $201.64.