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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.

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.

A guardian is a person, corporation or an association appointed by a probate court to be legally responsible for another person and/or for another person's property (estate) when that person is unable to manage his or her personal needs or property because of a mental disability.

The application must recite the facts necessitating an adult guardianship and be accompanied by a statement from a physician, psychiatrist or licensed psychologist attesting to the ward's mental and physical condition. Another assessment of the proposed ward will be performed by the court's investigator.

Court Costs Adult Guardianship Application$199.00Minor Guardianship Application$124.00Conservatorship Application$199.00Hearing Fee$40.00 - $55.00 (additional costs may apply)BCI Background Check$22.002 more rows

A person cannot be appointed a guardian if: The person is incompetent (for instance, the person cannot take care of himself). The person is a minor. The person has filed for bankruptcy within the last 7 years.