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Question: How do me and my Husband go about getting Legal Guardianship over our Stepgrandaughter? Here Biological have Legal Guardianship over her since last year. But they have moved out of state and chose to leave the 15 year old here in Arizona with her Mother. The 15 year old and her Mother had a blow up at the end of Dec. 2014. So we were called and asked if we could take her and that her Mother wanted nothing more to do with her. So we've had here since Dec. 29th 2014. The Mother had me write up a letter stating that she was giving me and my husband power of attorney over the 15 year old.

Answer: If you are in Maricopa or Pima County, you can go to their Self Service center and file for guardianship. The website is: https://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/SuperiorCourt/Self-ServiceCenter/. If outside of Maricopa or Pima County, go to the Superior Court in your County to see if there are guardianship papers to be filed, if not, you can use Maricopa or Pima County paperwork. You may want to speak with an attorney on guardianship.