Guardianship Petition Application printable pdf download

PROBATE COURT OF BARROW COUNTY

652 BARROW PARK DRIVE SUITE D

WINDER, GEORGIA 30680

TAMMY S. BROWN, PROBATE JUDGE

TEMPORARY GUARDIANSHIP OF MINOR(S)

GENERAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

PHONE: 770-307-3045

COURT FEES: $100.00

FAX: 770-307-4470

IN ADDITION: $2.00 PER PAGE RECORDING

FEES MUST BE PAID AT TIME OF FILING

CASH OR CREDIT CARD

MUST PROVIDE CHILD’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Please read information sheet: The Court will not accept your petition if the paperwork itself is in bad condition

(i.e. wrinkled, stained, ripped, etc.). If the petition is illegible or sloppily written with key information crossed

through or “whited out” or completed incorrectly your petition will not be accepted for filing.

The petition can be filled out online and printed off and brought into our office for filing. The web site to print

the Georgia Standard Form is

then click on Probate Court Standard Forms and then click on

PDF Fillable Forms go to form Number 28 – Petition for Temporary Letters of Guardianship of Minor, fill out

the information and print form.

This Court will not grant Temporary Letters of Guardianship from one custodial parent to another. A custody

change or temporary agreement must be filed in the appropriate Court having jurisdiction.

The petitioner(s) (the person filing the petition and requesting guardianship of the minor) and anyone eighteen

years of age or older living in the same household where the minor child will be living must fill out and sign a

consent form allowing the Probate Court to receive any information obtained concerning their criminal records.

Signatures on the consent form musts be notarized. The Consent form is included in this packet.

NEATLY complete pages 1 through 6 of the Petition before returning same to the Court. Carefully read

paragraph 3 and 4 to verify that the correct choice is initialed by the petitioner. Make sure the blanks on the top

of page 6 (the Acknowledgement and consent of Creation of Temporary Guardianship), are filled in properly

BEFORE, the parents sign this page. Where indicated, the petition must be signed in the presence of a notary

public or a Probate Court Clerk and the appropriate seal affixed. Proper identification of the person(s) signing the

document must be provided.

Notice of the Petition must be given to both parents of the minor child, (unless no father is listed on the birth

certificate) IF ONE PARENT HAS SOLE CUSTODY, MUST PROVIDE PROPER DOCUMENTS

SIGNED BY A JUDGE OF THE COURT OF JURISDICTION. Please see paragraph 2 of the “Instructions”

page for further explanation of “parents” and “natural parents”. If either parent does not sign the

Acknowledgement and Consent to Creation of Temporary Guardianship, (page 6) they must be served by one of

the following methods: (1) Personal Service by the Sheriff if they reside in Georgia at a known address (fee is

$50.00 for personal service) or (2) certified mail if they reside out of the state of Georgia or (3) publication in the

legal organ (Cost $60.00) for two weeks if current address is unknown.

Guardianship Petition Application