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Our 15 yr old granddaughter Sally will be coming to live w/us in CT from RI for the next 3 yrs while she finishes HS. She feels she cannot remain at home. Both parents are supportive, divorced, dad living in VT while mom had custody in RI. What documents are needed for guardianship? Can they be prepared w/out an attorney? Can they be notarized or will we need to go through family court?
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Welcome! Thank you for your question.Are the parents both in agreement with the plan?
yes. they are cooperative
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Sorry for the delay. I had to step away to help another customer. You do not need to do anything that is terribly complex. In fact, you cannot even get a court ordered guardianship unless the parents have their parental rights removed.With that said, all you need is a very basic guardianship form that will allow you to make medical decisions and decisions regarding her education. You just need a temporary custody agreement signed by both parents. It is a basic document that gets signed in front of a notary by both parents. Here is a basic form that you can use for free: www.wvlegalservices.org/tempcust.pdf
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John,We have one custodial parent and one non--custodial parent. Can weuse two documents - one from cust. parent giving temp custody and one from nonagreeing to the arrangement? It may be difficult to get them together to sign one doc. as one lives in RI and the other in VT.
I would use the same document. You could start it with I, ______ custodial parent and ________, non-custodial parent.... then separate the notary out into two notaries and send it around for both signatures. You could sign two documents but you would have to keep them together at all times..
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