Court Notice

Ugh. I am in trouble with the Court. Again.

Eight years ago we pursued guardianship of my niece. Her story is under the tab with her name (Chrystal). We were granted guardianship in late November and given a ream of paperwork and instructions. All of which I filed away and completely forgot about until four years later when I got a notice from the Clackamas County Court that I had thirty days in which to file the annual (ANNUAL!!??) guardianship report for the past year.

I found all the paperwork and sure enough, it says I am to report annually on the anniversary of when we were granted guardianship. So I hustled and got out that year’s report (and hoped they’d never ask for the ones they missed).

Marked on my calendar when to file again and got it right for two years. Then last December, they changed when they wanted me to send it in and I got a Nasty Gram from the Court saying I was delinquent. I wasn’t sure how I was delinquent given that I’d filed in January for three years prior, but… Whatever. I hustled and got it done and mailed.

Chrystal turned 18 on the 6th of May. I didn’t pull out the guardianship papers to see if there was anything I was supposed to do to honor that moment legal-wise. I was busy sending her on a Senior trip, helping her move out and arranging for her high school graduation. I was pretty sure there wasn’t anything else I needed to do.

Wrong. Apparently, I was supposed to fill out a guardianship report and send it to the court by May 6th.

OH.

It’s OK: I kept records. And I have 30 days. I know where Chrystal is so she can read and witness the report.

Guess I know what I am doing for the weekend.