Probate
GC-334: Ex Parte Order Re Completion of Capacity Declaration—HIPAA
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This form allows a judge to order that a capacity declaration be completed without the other party being present, which is used in situations where someone's mental or physical ability to manage their affairs needs to be documented quickly. Conservators, family members, or healthcare providers use this form when they need to establish incapacity for conservatorship proceedings or healthcare decisions and want to proceed without notifying the other party due to urgency or HIPAA privacy concerns.
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Forms that go with GC-334
GC-312RequiredConfidential Supplemental InformationThis capacity declaration completed by a physician or psychologist is required to establish the proposed conservatee's lack of capacity and support the need for conservatorship.›GC-314RequiredConfidential Conservator Screening FormThis capacity declaration, completed by a licensed physician or psychologist, is required to document the proposed conservatee's mental and physical capacity to support the need for conservatorship.›GC-333AttachmentEx Parte Application for Order Authorizing Completion of Capacity Declaration—HIPAAThe Ex Parte Application for Order Re Completion of Capacity Declaration—HIPAA is the application form that directly precedes and requests the court to issue the GC-334 order.›GC-330Often filed with itOrder Appointing Court InvestigatorThe Notice of Hearing on Petition for Appointment of Probate Conservator is part of the same conservatorship proceeding and is often filed or served around the same time as orders relating to capacity declarations.›GC-348Often filed with itDuties of Conservator and Acknowledgment of Receipt of Handbook for ConservatorsThis duties of conservator form must be reviewed and acknowledged by the appointed conservator to confirm they understand their legal responsibilities.›GC-310Often filed with itPetition for Appointment of Probate ConservatorThe Petition for Appointment of Probate Conservator initiates the conservatorship proceeding within which a capacity declaration is typically required, providing the foundational case context for GC-334.›GC-320Often filed with itCitation for ConservatorshipThe Confidential Supplemental Information form is filed as part of the conservatorship petition package and contains sensitive personal details relevant to the capacity evaluation being ordered.›GC-340Next stepOrder Appointing Probate ConservatorThis order appointing a probate conservator is the court's ruling that follows the petition and is prepared in anticipation of the judge granting the conservatorship.›GC-335Next stepConfidential Capacity Assessment and Declaration—Probate ConservatorshipThis is the Capacity Declaration—Conservatorship form that the ex parte order (GC-334) is specifically designed to compel or facilitate the completion of, making it the direct subject of the order.›
More Probate forms
GC-322Citation—Probate›GC-325Confidential Declaration on Medical Ability to Attend Hearing—Probate Conservatorship›GC-331Order Appointing Court Investigator (Review and Successor Conservator Investigations)›GC-336Ex Parte Order Authorizing Disclosure of (Proposed) Conservatee's Health Information to Court Investigator-HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)›GC-341Notice of Conservatee's Rights—Probate›GC-342Personalized Information for Conservatee—Probate›