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Helping a person with a severe mental illness

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The CARE Act 
Other options to help someone with a severe mental illness
Help at Self-Help Centers with CARE Act forms

Explore options to help someone with a severe mental illness
 Although this guide is about the CARE Act, you should only use the CARE Act process if there are no other options that would limit the person less than the CARE Act and still meet their needs.
 

The CARE Act
 Get information about what the CARE Act is, what is required, and how to start the CARE process.
 

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The CARE Act allows certain adult people to ask (petition) a court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan for someone with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. A CARE agreement or plan may include treatment, housing resources, and other services.

The following 8 counties currently accept CARE petitions:
Glenn
Los Angeles
Orange
Riverside
San Diego
San Francisco (City and County)
Stanislaus
Tuolumne

You must explore all other options before starting the CARE process
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The Tulare County Superior Court is excited to announce our new service, the Virtual Public Counter.  Accessed via mobile device or computer, our virtual public counter offers real-time, face-to-face interactions with our Superior Court support team, potentially alleviating the need for a physical visit to the court. They assist with a variety of services like court records requests, payments, and self-help.  Due to procedural logistics some services may require an in-person visit.  Click here to try it now.

 

 

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Family Court Services serves parties who are referred by the Court for Child Custody Recommending Counseling, or whom voluntarily are seeking mediation services and have an existing family law or support case with the Court. In addition, Family Court Services conducts court ordered investigations for Child Custody/Visitation matters, Guardianship of Minors, Probate Conservatorships of adults, Minor Marriages, Emancipations and Stepparent Adoptions filed in conjunction with any related Freedom From Parental Custody and Control petitions. Parties who need assistance filing any of the paperwork associated with these matters can find assistance in our Self-Help center also known as the Family Law Facilitator.

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Child custody and visitation mediation is mandated in Family Code section 3160 and is part of the process of Child Custody Recommending Counseling. However, if you are referred to Family Court Services and mediation is not successful, the child custody recommending counselor will provide information and recommendations to the court in writing before your court hearing. 
If the Court has referred you to Child Custody Recommending Counseling or for a Minor Interview, you MUST complete Family Dispute Resolution Online Orientation and the related Intake Form within 24 hours of the Court ordering the appointment. Click here for the Instructions.
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Guide to wills, estates, and probate court

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Having a loved one in the hospital, or losing a loved one is a sad and difficult time for family, relatives, and friends. There may be questions about how medical decisions are made if the loved one can no longer make their own decisions. If someone passes, those left behind must often figure out how to transfer or inherit property.
This Guide has information to help you create the legal documents you or a loved one may need to have a plan if you become sick, and information about what happens to someone's property (the person's estate) after they die.
 
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Wills, estates, and advance care planning
        Get basic information and links to sample legal documents (like a will or a power of attorney) to have a plan if you or someone you love becomes sick or dies.
      

Property after someone dies
        Get basic information about what happens to someone's property when they die, including transferring property with or without going to probate court.
      

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Manage the child's property (called "estate"); or
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If Child Protective Services (CPS) is involved in your case, you probably have to go to the juvenile court to find out what you can do. Find out more about guardianships in  juvenile court.
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In a guardianship of the person, the guardian has the same responsibilities to care for the child as a parent would. That means the guardian has full legal and physical custody of the child and can make all the decisions about the physical care of the child that a parent would make. A guardian can be anyone: relatives, friends of the family, or other people suitable to raise the child can ask to be legal guardians.  
For more information go to:California State Self-Help Guardianship Page
Guardianship of the estate
A guardianship of the estate is set up to manage a child's income, money, or other property until the child turns 18.
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Adoption is a legal arrangement by which the adoptive parents become legally responsible for the child they adopt and obtain all legal parental rights with regard to the child.

At the hearing, the parent(s) and child(ren), if over the age of 12, formally consent to become lawful members of the same family. The hearing is the final stage in granting a permanent home to a child. Adoption proceedings are informal; family and friends are welcome to attend proceedings and photographs may be taken with the judge’s permission.
Due to strict laws regarding the confidentiality of records, case-specific information will not be given over the telephone, because proper identification cannot be established. 
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(ii) An offense for which the offender is on probation at the time of his or her application, provided that the offender submits to the department a certified copy of a
	probation report, presentencing report, report prepared pursuant to Section 288.1, or other official court document that clearly demonstrates that the offender was the victim’s parent, stepparent, sibling, or grandparent and that the crime did not involve either oral copulation or penetration of the vagina or rectum of either the victim or the offender by the penis of the other or by any foreign object.(iii) If, subsequent to his or her application, the offender commits a violation of probation resulting in his or her incarceration in county jail or state prison, his or her exclusion, or application for exclusion, from the Internet Web site shall be terminated.(iv) For the purposes of this subparagraph, “successfully completed probation” means that during the period of probation the offender neither received additional county jail or state prison time for a violation of
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(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2021.SEC. 7.Section 4852.01 of the Penal Code is amended to read:4852.01.(a)A person convicted of a felony who is committed to a state prison or other institution or agency, including commitment to a county jail pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, may file a petition for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(b)A person convicted of a felony or a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor violation of any sex offense specified in Section 290, the accusatory pleading of which has been dismissed pursuant to Section 1203.4, may file a petition for certificate of rehabilitation and pardon pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if the petitioner has not been incarcerated in a prison, jail, detention facility,
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Types of Adoption
Agency Adoption:
The adoption of a child, other than an international adoption, in which the California Department of Social Services or a licensed adoption agency is a party to, or joins in, the adoption petition.
Independent Adoption:
The birth parents select the adoptive parents and place the child directly with them. Custody is transferred directly between the parents, rather than through an agency.
International Adoption:
A child born outside of the United States is adopted by adults living in the United States. The adoption procedure is conducted by a private agency.
Stepparent Adoption:
A stepparent petitions the court for adoption of the child of his or her spouse. A domestic partner desiring to adopt a child of his or her domestic partner may also file for adoption under this procedure.
Adoption of Adults and Married Minors:
An adult may be adopted by another adult, including a stepparent, and a married minor may be adopted in the same manner as an adult.
Due to strict laws regarding the confidentiality of records, case-specific information will not be given over the telephone, because proper identification cannot be established.
Adoption Petition
Adoption petitions are filed at the family law division window on the 1st floor of the Justice Center Courthouse.
Due to strict laws regarding the confidentiality of records, case-specific information will not be given over the telephone, because proper identification cannot be established.
The self-help center is located on the first floor of the Courthouse. The phone number is (209) 533-6565.
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An adult adoption is when someone adopts a person who is over 18 and not related to them. The person adopting must be at least 10 years older than the adult they are adopting.

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