Ask to move out of California with a conservatee

You’ll need to fill out these forms:

• Petition to Fix Residence Outside the State of California (form GC-085)

  • Use this to ask the court for permission to move the conservatee to another state.

  • If the conservatee is able to understand, they can sign the consent section on page 2.

• Notice of Hearing – Guardianship or Conservatorship (form GC-020)

  • Fill out the top section (caption), item 1, and page 2 (names and addresses of relatives who need to be served by mail).

  • When you file this form, the clerk will write in the court date.

• Order Fixing Residence Outside the State of California (form GC-090)

  • This is the proposed order the judge will sign if they approve your request.

📌 Some courts have extra local forms.
Ask the clerk, check your court’s website, or visit your court’s Self-Help Center to find out what else you need.

Make at least 3 copies of each completed form:

• 1 copy for you

• 1 copy for the conservatee's family

• 1 copy to serve any other required people

The court keeps the original.

Take the completed forms and copies to the probate clerk at the courthouse listed on your forms.

• Give the clerk the originals and copies

• The clerk will:

  • File the forms

  • Stamp the copies

  • Give you a court date

  • Keep the original Order (form GC-090) for the judge or give it back to you to bring to the hearing

📌 The judge will decide at the hearing if you can move the conservatee to another state.