{"id":176,"date":"2025-02-20T18:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloud04.titletapsites.com\/lawofficeinc\/?p=23297"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:16:15","slug":"i-am-nominated-as-a-guardian-of-a-minor-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloud.titletapsites.com\/lawofficeinc\/2025\/02\/20\/i-am-nominated-as-a-guardian-of-a-minor-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"I am Nominated as a Guardian of a Minor \u2013 Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An important estate planning tool for parents with minor children is the Nomination of Guardian.\u00a0 This allows a client to exert some control over who will care for their children and their children\u2019s assets if the parent is no longer able to do so.\u00a0 Some attorneys include the Nomination in their client\u2019s will. I prefer to do the Nomination as a stand-alone document so that there is no need to file a will when it is not required.<\/p>\n<p>The Nomination will include nominations for guardian of the person and the guardian of the estate.\u00a0 It can also include instructions or desires that the parent has for the children such as encouraging interaction with other family members.\u00a0 If the parent has executed a proper estate plan and no one has named the minor as a beneficiary on a retirement account or life insurance policy, then a guardian of the estate may be unnecessary.\u00a0 But, if both parents are unable to act either because of death or incapacitation, then the guardian of the person may be necessary so that someone has legal authority to take care of the minor\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>The process of getting appointed guardian is a more in-depth post than the purpose of this post.\u00a0 The goal of this post is to give some proactive advice to someone who is aware that they have been nominated in a writing by a minor\u2019s parent to be appointed guardian.\u00a0\u00a0 There is some information gathering that can be done now so that the court documents can easily and quickly be prepared.\u00a0 The various documents, including the Petition for Appointment as Guardian of a Minor, require a lot of information about the minor and their family.<\/p>\n<p>The following is some initial information that is important for you to have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full name, date of birth of minor, and place of birth<\/li>\n<li>Addresses for the following people:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where the minor is currently residing and for the past five years<\/p>\n<p>The minor\u2019s father<\/p>\n<p>The minor\u2019s mother<\/p>\n<p>The minor\u2019s maternal grandfather (mother\u2019s father)<\/p>\n<p>The minor\u2019s maternal grandmother (mother\u2019s mother)<\/p>\n<p>The minor\u2019s paternal grandfather (father\u2019s father)<\/p>\n<p>The minor\u2019s paternal grandmother (father\u2019s mother)<\/p>\n<p>All of the minor\u2019s siblings, including half-siblings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whether the minor is a member of an Indian tribe, if so, which tribe<\/li>\n<li>Whether the minor is receiving public benefits (TANF, Social Security, VA benefits) and how much each month<\/li>\n<li>Whether the minor has been involved in a court matter such as a divorce proceeding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have been nominated and need to petition the court to be appointed as a guardian of either the estate or person of a minor, contact us and we can assist you with that process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important estate planning tool for parents with minor children is the Nomination of Guardian.\u00a0 This allows a client to exert some control over who will care for their children and their children\u2019s assets if the parent is no longer able to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I am Nominated as a Guardian of a Minor \u2013 Now What? 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