Guardianship Lawyers

As a guardianship or conservatorship lawyer, we assist with your initial petition, provide guidance regarding your fiduciary responsibilities, and keep you apprised of the guardianship laws in Cumming and Dawsonville. Additionally, we can help modify parameters of existing court orders in guardianship cases where the ward’s condition has improved or worsened.

What is Guardianship?

Guardianship, or conservatorship is a legal relationship created when a person or institution is named in a will or assigned by the court is to take care of minor children, senior citizens or incompetent/incapacitated adults, referred to as the ward. A legal guardian may be entrusted to make medical decisions, financial decisions, contract agreements and other legally binding decisions on behalf of their ward.

Additional responsibilities of a legal guardian include:

• Make end-of-life decisions
• Determine place of residence
• File lawsuits
• Consent and release of confidential information

Guardians are also responsible for the “estate” includes protecting assets and property from loss, making appropriate disbursements, obtaining court approval prior to selling any assets and receiving income from the estate. Guardianship cases in Cumming are handled through the Forsyth County probate court; cases in Dawsonville are handled through the Dawson County probate court.