Legal Self Help Center Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Conservatorship

Power of Attorney

Please read the instructions for the forms prior to beginning.

Adult

1. Instructions for General Durable Power of Attorney
2. General Durable Power of Attorney
3. Revocation of Power of Attorney

Minor

1. Instructions for Power of Attorney Minor Child
2. Power of Attorney Minor Child, long form
3. Power of Attorney over Protected Person or Minor Child

Adult Guardianship

North Dakota Guardian Establishment Program

The North Dakota Department of Human Services operates the Guardianship Establishment Program. This is a state-funded program that can provide financial assistance to people who are petitioning for guardianship of an incapacitated adult. The application for this program is found here. Contact information for the Guardianship Establishment Program is located on the last page of the application. Please note that the application is completed before petitioning for guardianship. (See Guardianship Establishment Funds Protocol.)

Guardianship Information and Training

Learn how to identify when a guardianship is necessary, responsibilities of a guardian, and the process of establishing a guardianship in North Dakota.

1. ND Guardianship Training Course
2. Information about Guardianship Forms

Emergency Adult Guardianship

1. Petition of an Emergency Guardianship
2. Order for Emergency Guardian Pending Hearing
3. Letters for Emergency Pending Hearing
4. Order for Emergency Guardian
5. Letters for Emergency Guardian

Establishing Adult Guardianship

1. Instructions for Establishing Adult Guardianship
2. Notice of Hearing and Statement of Rights
3. Petition for Appointment of a Guardian
4. Order for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem
5. Guardian Ad Litem's Report
6. Order Appointing a Vistor
7. Report of a Vistor
8. Order Appointing a Physician/Clinical Psychologist
9. Report of Physician/Clinical Psychologist
10. Findings of Fact and Order Appointing Guardian/Co-Guardians
11. Letters of Guardianship

After Adult Guardianships are Established

1. Begining Inventory Report and Instructions
2. Annual Report (with Notice to Ward & Interested Parties) and Instructions
3. Notice and Motion for Appointment of Successor Guardian
4. Order Appointing Successor Guardian
5. Letters of Guardianship (Successor Guardian)
6. Notice and Motion for Change of Venue
7. Order for Change of Venue
8. Pettion for Termination of Guardianship - Death of Ward
9. Order Confirming Termination of Guardianship - Death of Ward
10. Petition for Termination of Guardianship and Discharge of Guardian
11. Order Terminating Guardianship and Discharging Guardian
12. Order of Reappointment of Continuation of Guardianship (Est. Before 7/31/2015)
13. Order of Reappointment of Continuation of Guardianship
14. Letters of Guardianship (Reappointment and Continuation of Guardianship)
15. Order of Termination of Guardianship
16. Finding of Fact and Order Appointing Successor Guardian Following Review
17. Letters of Guardianship (Guardianship Continued with Successor Guardian)

Conservatorship Reports

Court personnel cannot help you fill out these forms. You cannot use these forms unless a court has named you a conservator.

1. Annual Report of Conservator
2. Conservator Inventory Report
3. Conservator Income & Expense Report

Minor Guardianship Reports

Court personnel cannot help you fill out these forms. You cannot use these forms unless a court has named you the guardian of a minor child.

1. Minor Guardianship Annual Report and Instructions

 

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