Guardianship Petition - Preparation Worksheet - Arkansas

ARKANSAS GUARDIANSHIP CASE-PREPARATION PACKET

NOT A PETITION — DO NOT FILE OR SIGN

Use this packet to collect facts and route the matter to Arkansas counsel. It creates no guardianship authority and does not request relief from a court.

The earlier version mixed minor and adult matters, named an unverified statewide form, and imported commercial-contract provisions such as defaults, indemnity, a liability cap, force majeure, and predetermined remedies. Those provisions are not part of this preparation packet.

1. ATTORNEY AND COURT ROUTING

Proceeding classification

☐ Minor matter

☐ Adult matter

☐ Person only

☐ Estate or property only

☐ Person and estate or property

☐ Temporary, emergency, standby, successor, or other special route may be involved

☐ Existing custody, adoption, juvenile, probate, protection-order, or other case may control

Counsel's selected route and reason:

[________________________________]

2. PROTECTED PERSON OR PROPOSED WARD

Safety and privacy screen

☐ Immediate health or safety concern

☐ Abuse, neglect, exploitation, coercion, stalking, or family-violence concern

☐ Protected address or restricted-access issue

☐ Existing protection, custody, criminal, juvenile, or no-contact order

☐ Department, agency, law-enforcement, facility, or school involvement

☐ Urgent medical, housing, financial, or caregiving decision

Current instructions from counsel, a court, or an agency:

[________________________________]

[________________________________]

3. PETITIONER

Reason the petitioner seeks legal review:

[________________________________]

4. PROPOSED GUARDIAN OR FIDUCIARY

Eligibility and qualification register

Counsel must identify the current authority and proof for every applicable item.

5. PARENTS, RELATIVES, CAREGIVERS, AND INTERESTED PERSONS

This table collects facts only. Counsel must determine who must be named, notified, served, joined, or heard.

☐ A parent or close relative is deceased.

☐ A person's location is unknown.

☐ Parental or fiduciary authority may have been limited or terminated.

☐ Another person claims custody, guardianship, caregiving, or property authority.

☐ A person may object or request a different appointment.

6. FACTUAL BASIS AND ALTERNATIVES

State facts without legal conclusions.

What changed or created the need for review?

[________________________________]

[________________________________]

What personal-care, medical, educational, housing, or safety issue is unresolved?

[________________________________]

What property, benefit, claim, or payment issue is unresolved?

[________________________________]

What arrangements or less formal alternatives have been attempted?

[________________________________]

Alternative documents, services, supports, or proceedings counsel should evaluate:

[________________________________]

7. PROPERTY, INCOME, AND EXPENSE FACTS

Complete only for counsel's classification and planning. Do not transfer, spend, restrict, retitle, or deposit property based on this packet.

Assets, income, benefits, and claims

Expenses and obligations

Unknown property or information requiring investigation:

[________________________________]

8. CURRENT-LAW AND PROCEDURE REGISTER

9. DOCUMENT COLLECTION

☐ Identity and address records

☐ Birth, marriage, death, adoption, or relationship records

☐ Existing custody, juvenile, probate, protection, or criminal orders

☐ Medical, educational, functional, or service records requested by counsel

☐ Caregiver, facility, school, or agency records

☐ Asset, account, benefit, income, expense, trust, settlement, or insurance records

☐ Proposed guardian eligibility, training, background, oath, or bond records requested by counsel

☐ Other: [________________________________]

10. FILING-DEVELOPMENT WORKSPACE

Use only after counsel completes the current-law register.

The actual petition, verification, service certificate, consent, bond, oath, proposed order, and letters must be created outside this packet in the form counsel identifies.

11. FINAL HANDOFF

☐ No unsupported statewide form, fixed deadline, bond rule, reporting period, fee award, jury statement, e-signature rule, indemnity, liability cap, force-majeure clause, or predetermined remedy remains.

☐ This packet will not be signed, notarized, filed, served, or presented as a court document.