Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

As former foster parents, the County Juvenile Court and DFCS had earlier this year pushed us to taking "legal" Guardianship of a troubled foster son. The reasons they pushed us are many and probably not all relavent right now, but we lost our status as Foster Parents, and it was to keep him from falling back into the system. However, we did not actually sign a Guardianship document. It was just "implemented" by the judge while I was out of town. We are now trying to sever the "Guardianship" in a hearing next week.

Question 1: Because we do not want this boy living with us any longer, we suspect the Court may place him in a group home until he is 18 (about 2 months) but place the burden of that daily cost on us as "Guardians". Is this common, legal and have precedent?

Question 2: Does this sound like a valid and legal Guardianship without signatures to begin with?


Asked on 10/06/10, 10:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

To become a guardian, you had to sign a petition, and the judge signs the order. The person to discuss bothe with would be your lawyer, who has seen both, since we have not.

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Answered on 10/11/10, 11:53 am


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