As the guardian, your duty BY LAW is to file a report of guardian annually with the Court on the anniversary of your appointment.  You will not receive a reminder of this.  The report is delinquent 56 days after the anniversary of your appointment and a notice of deficiency will be issued if not timely filed.  You are also required to serve a copy of the annual report on all interested persons.  FAILURE TO SERVE ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, AS REQUIRED, MAY RESULT IN YOUR SUSPENSION AS GUARDIAN OR SUBJECT YOU TO CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT.

Interested persons as defined by MCR 5.125 would include at the minimum, the minor over whom you are guardian (if age 14 or older), the mother and the father. When completing and filing your annual report please keep in mind:

DUE DATE:               Annually on the anniversary of guardian’s appointment.

FILING DEADLINE:    56 days after the anniversary of the guardian’s appointment.

FILING FEE:              None

COST FOR FORMS:    $5.00 (Initial packet provided at no cost at appointment)

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:  Annual Report of Guardian of Minor (PC654)

                                         Proof of Service (PC564)

Ø     PLEASE READ THE REPORT CAREFULLY AND COMPLETE ALL AREAS OF THE

     REPORT – ANY INCOMPLETE FORMS WILL BE RETURNED AND MAY

     SUBJECT TO YOU CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT IF UNTIMELY

     FILED. 

Ø      PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NEATLY IN BLUE OR BLACK INK.  NO PENCIL OR

      COLORED INK.  ANYTHING NOT IN COMPLIANCE WILL BE RETURNED.

Ø      KEEP COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE COURT FOR YOUR RECORDS.

     COPIES OBTAINED FROM THE COURT ARE $1.00 PER PAGE.

Ø      FILE THE ORIGINAL REPORT AND PROOF OF SERVICE (see instruction sheet

     for Proof of Service) FORMS WITH THE COURT.  THIS MAY BE DONE IN PERSON

     OR BY MAIL.  See Location/Hours

Guardianship Reviews:  In addition to the yearly reporting of the guardian, the Department of Human Services will be ordered to do a review of the guardianship one year after the appointment of the guardian and yearly thereafter for any children under the age of six or every three years for minors over the age of six.  The Department of Human Services will file a report on the status of the minor guardianship with recommendations for continuation of the guardianship.  If necessary, the Court will schedule a review hearing based on the recommendations of the Department of Human Services.