Guardianship Forms

Use this form to ask the court to award guardianship over an individual under age 18. See instructions here. Learn more at mdcourts.gov/guardianship. 

Use this form to ask the court to award guardianship over an individual, regardless of the individual’s age, who has a disability. See instructions here.  Learn about the alternatives to guardianship before filing a petition. 

Use this form to respond to or "answer" a petition for guardianship of a minor that has been filed with the court. 

Use this form to respond to or "answer" a guardianship petition that has been filed with the court. 

This notice alerts individuals that court documents have been filed that may result in someone they know losing valuable rights to make individual decisions. 

This notice alerts individuals that court documents have been filed that may result in someone they know losing the right to manage his or her property. 

Use this form to tell the court that you consent to a guardianship of your child(ren).

Use this form if you are a minor who is at least 14 years old and want to designate an individual as your guardian of the person. 

Use this form if you are a minor child or disabled person at least 16 years old and want to designate an individual as guardian of your property. 

Use this form to tell the court about your good faith efforts to locate interested persons in a guardianship case. 

Use this form if you are a guardian of the property to file your initial inventory with the court. See instructions here. 

Use this form if you are a guardian of the property to file your annual accounting to the court. 

Use this form if you are a guardian of the person of an adult to file your annual report to the court. 

Use this form if you are a guardian of the person of a minor to file your annual report to the court. 

This notice advises individuals of their rights after a petition has been filed with the court seeking appointment of a guardian of his or her person.  

This notice advises individuals of their rights after a petition has been filed with the court seeking appointment of a guardian of his or her property. 

Use this form if you are a co-petitioner for guardianship of a minor or an alleged disabled person.

A physician must complete this form at the request of a petitioner in a legal proceeding to request a guardian for the patient.

A petitioner will use this certificate in a legal proceeding to request a guardian for the patient of a psychologist.

A petitioner will use this certificate in a legal proceeding to request a guardian for the patient of a licensed social worker.

A petitioner will use this certificate in a legal proceeding to terminate the appointment of guardian when a patient's disability ends.

Use this form if you want the court to appoint you as guardian of a minor or alleged disabled person,but you are not the petitioner (the person asking the court to appoint a guardian for the minor or alleged disabled person).

Use this form if you are a guardian of the property and the court ordered you to place guardianship funds in a restricted account.

Use this form if you are the guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person and are asking the court for a commission to be paid from the guardianship estate.

Use this form if you want to resign as guardian of the person of a minor or disabled person.

Use this form if you want to resign as guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person.

Use this form to ask the court to terminate the guardianship of the person of a minor or disabled person.

Use this form to ask the court to terminate the guardianship of the property of a minor or disabled person.

Use this form if you agree to step in as the guardian of a minor or disabled person when an appointed guardian resigns or is removed.

File this form as proof that you completed the orientation and/or the training program for guardians of the person and property.

Use this form if you are the guardian of a minor or disabled person and want the court’s permission to take an action not allowed in the order appointing you as guardian or that requires court permission.

Use this form if you are asking the court for guardianship of an alleged disabled person who lives with or is under the control of someone who refuses to allow him or her to be examined or evaluated by health care professionals (physician, psychologist, or licensed certified social worker-clinical).

Use this form if you are an interested person to a guardianship and want the court to remove a guardian of the person or guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person.

Use this form if you are the guardian of a minor or disabled person and want the guardianship to
be transferred to the circuit court in another county in Maryland.

Use this form if you are the guardian of a disabled person or minor and want the court to transfer the guardianship from Maryland to another state.

Use this form to ask the court to terminate the guardianship of the person and property of a minor
or disabled person.

Use this form if you want to resign as guardian of the person and property of a minor or disabled person.

Use this form if you are an interested person (other than the minor or disabled person) and do not want to receive these notices.

Use this form if you are an interested person (other than the minor or disabled person) who asked the court to waive your right to notice in a guardianship case and want to revoke that waiver.

Use this form to designate an adult to be standby guardian of your minor child(ren) if you become
mentally incapacitated, physically debilitated, or subject to an adverse immigration action.

Use this form if a parent designated you as standby or alternate standby guardian of his/her minor child(ren), has not revoked your authority, and you want your authority to last more than 180 days.

Use this form to ask the court to appoint an adult to be standby guardian of your minor child(ren) should you become mentally incapacitated or die within two years of filing this petition.

Use this form in a standby guardianship case for a minor. 

Use this form to notify persons concerned with the welfare of a minor named in a standby guardianship case. 

Use this notice in a standby guardianship case for a minor.

Use this form in a standby guardianship case for a minor. 

Use this form to ask the court to hold an expedited hearing on your petition for guardianship of the person of an alleged disabled person.

Use this form if the court ordered you to file a pre-hearing statement in a guardianship case.

A petitioner will use this certificate in a legal proceeding to request a guardian for the patient of a nurse practitioner.

Use this form to ask the court to address your concern about the guardianship of a minor or disabled person. For example, use this form if you think the guardian is not fulfilling their responsibilities, is mismanaging funds, or not taking proper care of the person’s medical or personal needs.

Use this form if you are a guardian who lives in another state to name a Maryland resident to receive service on your behalf.

Use this form to revoke (cancel) standby guardianship of your child(ren) after a court has appointed a standby guardian.

Use this form to ask a Maryland court to accept the transfer of a guardianship from another state to Maryland.

Use this form to ask a Maryland court to register another state’s guardianship order.

Use this instruction for when completing a Petition for Guardianship of the Person and/or Property

Use this instruction form when asking the court to appoint you or someone else as a guardian.

Use this instruction form to complete an estate inventory in a guardianship case (form CC-GN-011.)

Use this form if you are an attorney-guardian or public guardian and want to access case records in MDEC. 

FORM NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 01/01/2025