Full question:
We have been asked to provide Certified guardianship papers, with raised seal or colored stamp, to an insurance company verifying that we are the legal guardians of our son, age 15. He is our birth son. Do you know what form I need to complete, and must I make a court appointment to get the form approved?
- Category: Guardianship
- Date:
- State: Washington
Answer:
We suggest you verify with the company more specifically the type of document they are requesting, as the natural parents are automatically the custodians of their child and typically, a legal guardian document is issued to someone other than a biological parent. It may be that they are seeking a certified copy of a birth certificate naming you as parents or an affidavit stating that you are the parents and legal guardians. When a document is notarized, the notary attaches a raised seal. A certified copy of a birth certificate may be requested from the office of vital statistics where the vhild was born and typically it contains a seal, although you may want to verify this with the office as procedures vary by state.
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