STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COUNTY’S NAME FILE NO.

IN THE MATTER OF: ) ) Guardian ad Litem Report FIRST & LAST NAME

#### NOW COMES the duly appointed and undersigned Guardian ad Litem for the Ward and makes the following report to the Court:

## BACKGROUND

- 1. I, NAME, was duly appointed as Guardian ad Litem (“GAL”) under N.C.G.S. § 35A-1130(c) for GAL’S FIRST AND LAST on APPOINTMENT. NAME DATE OF
- 2. (“Ward”) is WARD. WARD’S FIRST AND LAST NAME AGE, SEX, AND ADDRESS OF
- 3. On FILING, filed a petition for adjudication of incompetence DATE OF ORIGINAL PETITIONER’S FIRST AND LAST NAME and application for appointment of a guardian under N.C.G.S. § 35A-1105, -1210.
- 4. On ADJUDICATION, the County Clerk of Superior Court entered an order DATE OF ORIGINAL COUNTY’S NAME adjudicating the Ward incompetent and appointing as the Ward’s NAME OF GUARDIAN(S) GUARDIAN OF THE GUARDIAN. ESTATE / GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON / GENERAL
- 5. Add background information, such as the basis for the court’s original ruling or other procedural history, if relevant to the motion now before the court.
- 6. On FILING, filed a motion in the DATE OF CURRENT MOTION FOR RESTORATION MOVANT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME cause under N.C.G.S. § 35A-1130. In it, this Court is asked to find that the Ward is competent and to enter an order restoring the Ward’s competency.

## INVESTIGATION SUMMARY

- 7. DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Summarize the documents you reviewed as GAL, including medical records, psychological evaluations, law enforcement records, financial statements, and social-services files. Highlight the most important information for the court and detail what conclusions you drew—and want the court to draw—from these documents.
- 8. INTERVIEW SUMMARY: Summarize the people you interviewed as GAL, including next of kin, friends, neighbors, service providers, and other community members. Describe the key takeaways from those conversations. What did those conversations tell you about your client, your client’s competency, and your client’s wishes? What do those conversations suggest is in your client’s best interest?
- 9. WARD-INTERVIEW SUMMARY: Summarize what you concluded from conversations with your client. Share your client’s wishes with the court. If you were unable to ascertain your client’s wishes, explain why. What should the court know about your client that might not be learned through other evidence? What does the time you have spent with your client indicate about your client’s competency?

## APPLICABLE LAW

For items in this section, include only relevant portions. After selecting which citations are applicable, consider adding a brief explanation of why you think it applies to the immediate case. For example, consider summarizing why you think a multidisciplinary evaluation would be beneficial, or highlight the reasons you think the respondent should or should not have competency restored.

- 10. An incompetent adult is “[a]n adult or emancipated minor who lacks sufficient capacity to manage the adult’s own affairs or to make or communicate important decisions concerning the adult’s person, family, or property whether the lack of capacity is due to mental illness, intellectual disability, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism, inebriety, senility, disease, injury, or similar cause or condition.” N.C.G.S. § 35A-1101(7).
- 11. This Court can, on its own motion or the motion of any party, order a multidisciplinary evaluation. N.C.G.S. § 35A-1130(c). A multidisciplinary evaluation is “[a]n evaluation that contains current medical, psychological, and social work evaluations as directed by the clerk and that may include current evaluations by professionals in other disciplines, including without limitation education, vocational rehabilitation, occupational therapy, vocational therapy, psychiatry, speech-and-hearing, and