Test - Kinship Guardianship - Domestic Violence

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This case type establishes a legal relationship between an adult who is not the child’s parent and the child when a parent has left a child in the care of an adult who is not the child’s parent.

Beginning the Kinship Guardianship Process

4A-501 Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardians

4A-502 Motion for Service by Publication

4A-503 Notice of Pendency of Action

4A-504 Order for Service of Process by Publication in a Newspaper

4A-505 Parental Consent to Appointment of Kinship Guardian and Waiver of Service of Process

Nominating and Appointing Kinship Guardian(s)

4A-506 Nomination of Kinship Guardian(s)

4A-507 Ex Parte Motion to Appoint Temporary Kinship Guardian(s)

4A-508 Ex Parte Order Appointing Temporary Kinship Guardian(s)

4A-509 Motion to Appoint Temporary Kinship Guardian(s)

4A-510 Order to Appoint Temporary Kinship Guardian(s)

Finalizing or Revoking the Order

4A-511 Order Appointing Kinship Guardian(s)

4A-512 Motion to Revoke Kinship Guardianship

4A-513 Order Revoking Kinship Guardianship

4A-514 Department Consent to Appointment of Kinship Guardian and Waiver of Service of Process

4A-515 Order Appointing Guardian Ad Litem

4A-516 Letters of Guardianship

4A-517 Kinship Guardianship Information Sheet