Written Materials
General
Information
Guardianship Form Set (3 MB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino )
Introduction to Guardianship Proceedings - Terms and Definitions (15 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Butte )
Steps to File for Guardianship (Rev. 03/2007). Prepared by the Superior Court of Fresno County .
Guardianship Intake (26 KB) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Tuolumne )
PowerPoint on Probate Guardianship of the Person - Self-Help Overview Course (PPT, 1,311 KB) (Jan. 2008). Developed by the AOC’s California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER).
Guardianship Quick Reference Guide (46 KB) (Jan. 2008). Developed by the AOC’s California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER).
Becoming a Guardian - How Long Does it Take? (Rev 09/2008) by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
Training Materials
Paralegal Manual, San Francisco Probate Court, Self-Represented Guardianship Program (7.54 MB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco )
Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) Training Manual (304 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino )
Advanced Guardianship Training Sample Pleadings (50 KB) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino )
Advanced Guardianship Training Manual (86 KB) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino )
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in Family Court: Los Angeles One-Parent SIJS Manual (Prepared in 2013 with 2014 update) Prepared by Kids in Need of Defense and Equal Justice Works.
Alternatives to Guardianship
Information
What is a Caregiver's Authorization Affidavit? (70 KB) (Prepared by the San Bernardino Court Guardianship Assistance Program )
Checklist for Caregiver’s Affidavit (Rev. 12/2007) (Prepared by the San Bernardino Court Guardianship Assistance Program )
Letter to School and Medical Providers re. Caregiver’s Affidavit (Rev. 12/2007) (Prepared by the San Bernardino Court Guardianship Assistance Program )
Informal Guardianship + Nomination of Guardian (Rev. 2/2017) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Placer).
Templates and Samples
Jurat Form - Caregiver's Authorization Affidavit (23 KB) (Prepared by the San Bernardino Court Guardianship Assistance Program )
How to Become a Guardian
Information
How to Become a Probate Guardian of a Child in San Francisco (358 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco )
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, and Tagalog.
How to Become a Probate Guardian of a Child [Adapted for localization]. (Rev. 7/2003) (2 MB)
How to Ask for an Emergency Guardianship (Rev 12/2010) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara)
How to Ask for a Non-Emergency Guardianship ( Rev. 12/2010) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara)
Informal Guardianship + Nomination of Guardian (Rev. 2/2017) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Placer).
Templates and Samples
Declaration of Proposed Guardian, PGF-1 (52 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco )
Background Check (284 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco )
Permanent Guardianship Forms (rev. 08/2010) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Temporary Guardianship (Emergency) Forms (rev 08/2010) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Notice
Information
How to Give Notice (42 KB) (prepared by the San Francisco ACCESS Center )
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, and Tagalog.
Guardianship Notification - Who, What, How & Why... (23 KB) (prepared by the Ventura Self-Help Legal Access Center )
Serving the Guardianship Papers (36 KB) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Butte )
Write a Letter to a Jail/Prison (21 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino )
Templates and Samples
Request and Order to Mail Notice, PGF-2 (559 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco )
Request to Excuse Notice, PGF-3 (537 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco )
Visitation
Checklist for Filing a Petition for Visitation (22 KB) (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Butte )
Petition for Visitation (rev. 08/2008) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Do you want to ask for visits in a guardianship case? (rev. 02/2009) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Visitation Order (9 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Petition for Visitation (Rev. 03/2008) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino ).
Order for visitation (Rev. 03/2008) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino ).
How to End a Guardianship
Information and Instructions
How to End a Guardianship of a Minor (Probate Court) (Rev. 1/2007) (Prepared by the Santa Clara Superior Court Self Service Center )
How to End a Guardianship (35 KB) (prepared by the San Francisco ACCESS Center )
Do You Want to End a Guardianship? (rev. 08/2008) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Templates/Samples
Petition for Termination of Guardianship (15 KB) (prepared by the Ventura Courts Self-Help Legal Access Center )
Request to End Guardianship (KB) (prepared by the San Francisco ACCESS Center )
Terminate Guardianship Sample Forms (rev 07/2012) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara )
Objection to Guardianship
Objection to Guardianship (64 KB) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino )
Videos
Becoming a Guardian (prepared by the Judicial Council of California) (Contact equalaccess@jud.ca.gov to obtain a copy of this video.)