Probate - Guardianships And Conservatorships | Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division
231 Main St., 2nd Flr., Chardon, OH 44024
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Application process
Phone for information or walk-in to fill out application.
Fees
Fixed fee
Service area
Geauga County, Ohio
Description
Investigates the need for a guardian or a conservator and appoints guardians and grants conservatorships. Guardianship is for persons who are deemed by the court as incapable of managing their own person and/or affairs (minors and incompetent adults). The guardian's activities regarding their ward are monitored by the court. Prospective wards can contest the guardianship and if indigent, can request an attorney at the court's expense. The guardian can assume responsibility for the management of the person, estate, or both. Conservatorship is a voluntary trust relationship between the conservator and the conservatee who is a mentally competent and physically disabled adult. The conservatee consents to the arrangement and chooses the duties of the conservator.
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Providing organization
Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division
Hears cases involving the delinquency of persons under eighteen years of age and cases dealing with unruly, abused, neglected, and dependent children. The Juvenile Division also hears all traffic offenses committed by persons under eighteen years of age, and has jurisdiction in adult cases involving paternity, child abuse, nonsupport, and failure to send children to school.