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Please note that this is not a legally binding document. The courts will have the final say over this issue. This document only conveys to the court what your wishes are. It is very important to use this document to explain why you have made the choices that you have made so that, after you death, your voice is heard in the courtroom. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ We(I) designate _______________________________________ who reside(s) at __________________________ to act as guardian(s) of the minor child(ren) stated above upon our(my) incapacity to so act. Should he/she/they be unable or unwilling to serve as guardian(s), we(I) nominate ________________________ who reside(s) at _______________________ to act as the guardian(s) of the minor child(ren) stated above in the place of our(my) above nominee. Upon our(my) disability, the designated guardian shall have the following authority: 1) Residential custody of the minor child(ren), In the event that formal legal proceedings are commenced to establish a guardian for the child(ren), it is our(my) desire that the guardians mentioned herein have priority in appointment for the following reasons: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ The failure to list an individual as guardian or successor guardian is intentional. Signed this ______ day of ____________ in the year of our Lord 199___.
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This document will be valid when it is signed and witnessed by two witnesses or by a Notary Public of and for California. STATEMENT OF WITNESSES I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that the person who signed or acknowledged this document is personally known to me to be the principal, or that the identity of the principal was proved to me by convincing evidence, that the principal signed or acknowledged this durable power of attorney in my presence, that the principal appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud, or undue influence. Signature _________________________________ Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________ Address _________________________________ _________________________________ Signature _________________________________ Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________ Address _________________________________ _________________________________
At least one of the above witnesses must also sign the following declaration. I further declare under penalty under the laws of California that I am not related to the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption, and, to the best of my knowledge I am not entitled to any part of the estate of the principal upon the death of the principal under a will now existing or by operation of law.
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CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF FRESNO On this, the __________ day of _______________ in the year of our Lord 199____, before me, ___________________________________________, personally appeared ______________________________________ personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledged that he or she executed it, I declare under penalty of perjury that the person whose name subscribed to this instrument appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud, or undue influence. NOTARY SEAL
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