Do I have to be fingerprinted?

If you are a blood relative, you do not need to be fingerprinted.  If you are not a blood relative, the Court will require you to provide a full set of fingerprints to have a criminal background check completed. You can obtain a fingerprint packet at the Clerk's Office when filing your petition. 

For the purposes of guardianship, a blood relative is any of the following: birth parent, adoptive parent, sibling with at least one parent in common, grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, or a first cousin.