What is the cost of a guardianship?
The cost of the guardianship proceeding may vary, depending upon the number and nature of issues in any given situation. The total cost involves some fixed costs – such as filing fees with the Court (which the Court may waive in certain cases of indigency) – and attorney fees. The attorney fees will likely include the attorney representing the person petitioning to be appointed as guardian, as well as the guardian ad litem, who is generally a practicing attorney. For relatively simple guardianship matters, the total amount of attorney fees should be less than $1,000, and may be even less. For matters which are more complicated or which are contested, the cost may be more significant, depending upon exactly what is involved. The ongoing responsibilities of a guardian for accounting may also have some cost, which can generally be controlled by working with counsel to identify the information which will be needed to complete such an accounting, and to keep such information organized. The
