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Standby Guardianship
Standby guardianship involves the appointment of a future legal guardian for children whose parents may soon be unable to care for them due to illness or other life-threatening events.
Guide to Future Care and Custody Planning for Children With Recommendations for State Legislation (PDF - 1659 KB)
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (2005)
Variety of approaches to voluntary permanency planning, including the use of standby guardianship to assist parents facing illness or other events that alter family stability in making choices about their children's future care.
A Social Worker's Guide: How Laws and Lawyers Can Help Seriously Ill Parents Plan Stable Futures for Their Children (MS Word - 116 KB)
ABA Center on Children and the Law (2001)
Reviews how State laws apply to standby guardianship decisions by seriously ill parents and explores different ways attorneys can assist child welfare workers involved in guardianship proceedings.
Standby Guardianship
This briefing reviews State laws regarding standby guardianship. Statutes dealing with how to establish a standby guardian, who can nominate a standby guardian, how the guardian's authority is activated, the involvement of the non-custodial parent, the relationship between authority of the parent and the standby, and withdrawing guardianship are identified for each State, the District of Columbia, and five territories. The print version of this resource is current through May 31, 2003.
Standby Guardianship Project
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
Provides information on subsidized, standby, and joint guardianship.
Standby Guardianship Training and Technical Assistance Project. Final Report
ABA Center on Children and the Law (2001)
Summarizes the lessons learned from a training and technical assistance project for standby guardianship services in Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; New Orleans, LA; and Washington, DC.
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