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What is Guardianship & Conservatorship?
A guardian is a person appointed by the court who is responsible for the personal affairs of an incapacitated person. A guardian is responsible for making decisions regarding the incapacitated person's support, care, health, safety, ability to dress themselves, education, therapeutic treatment, and if not in keeping with an order of commitment, the place where they live.
What is Probate?
Probate is a court process to transfer property owned by a person who dies to the persons or creditors who are supposed to receive the property.
Which court handles the Probate process?
The Circuit Court.
Where can I find out more about the Probate process?
The following resources are made accessible through the Virginia Court Clerks’ Association and the Virginia State Bar.
A Family Abuse Protective Order can be issued when there is an act or threat that results in injury or reasonable fear of injury done by a family or household member. A “family or household member” includes these people:
Information about civil and criminal cases in the General District Court and the Circuit Court is available online by selecting an individual court location using one of the below links. To protect confidentiality, no case information is available online for cases in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
Visit our Find a Court page to learn more about which types of cases are heard where.
Virginia Judicial System
General District Court
Where can I find court approved forms?
The Virginia Judicial System has a number of forms for each court available on the court's form page. You can also access forms by entering the form number or a keyword in the search box on the court's form page, which is located in the upper right hand corner of each page above the navigation column.
These screenshots are designed to help you find and use the search bar and form numbers.
If you have a court case, you must keep your address up-to-date.
Please use this form https://www.vacourts.gov/forms/district/dc437.pdf and file it with the court handling your case.
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