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Guardians, Conservators and Civil Commitment
- appointing guardians for
persons with intellectual disability;
- approving sterilizations and placements
of persons with intellectual disability;
- appointing a guardian of the
estate or person for a child;
- appointing conservators of
the person for persons found to be incapable of caring for themselves
or, in certain cases, for persons with psychiatric disabilities;
- appointing conservators of
the estate for persons who are incapable of managing their own affairs;
- committing persons with
severe psychiatric disabilities to an appropriate facility; and
- restoring the rights of individuals
who have been prohibited from owning firearms due to mental health
adjudications.
Parents
- removing unfit parents as
guardians of their children;
- hearing the claims of
paternity of unwed fathers;
- terminating the parental
rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities;
and
- granting adoptions.
Other
- granting name changes;
- approving or disapproving the
marriage of persons under the age of 16 years or under the age of 18
where no parent or guardian of the minor child is a U.S.
resident; and
- assisting persons in obtaining
passports.
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