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All petitions for fees/compensation filed with the court must comply with the requirements of Administrative Orders 04-06 (for attorneys) and 04-07 (for lay fiduciaries). However, special provisions of Administrative Order 13-15 apply to eFilers, including the following:(1) ATTORNEYS must NOT eFile the list of cases in which he/she serves as guardian, conservator, personal representative, or counsel for any them. Attorneys must include as part of their petition the following certification: 

I, (name of attorney), certify that in each case in which I am guardian, conservator, personal representative, or counsel for any of them:

(A) within the last 30 days I have personally verified the current location and health status and ongoing availability of placements for wards in guardianship cases except guardianships of the property of minors, and except that in the event a ward cannot be located, I have diligently sought to locate the ward as follows: (detailed description of efforts to locate the ward) and for wards that have no fixed address, it is for the following reasons (detailed explanation):

(B) in cases in which I am a fiduciary, other than petitions or requests for compensation to me, I have filed all reports, verifications of notice, accounts, and subsequent requirements due as of the date of this petition or request, and

(C) In cases in which I am counsel to the fiduciary, I have verified that the filing requirements are current or within the last 10 days I have advised my client in writing of the necessity for bringing them current. 

(2) NON-LAWYER FIDUCIARIES need not submit an affidavit; instead they are to include the following certification as part of the petition:

I, (name of lay fiduciary), certify that:

(A) within the last 30 days I have personally verified the current location and health status and ongoing availability of placements for wards in guardianship cases except guardianships of the property of minors, and except that in the event a ward cannot be located, I have diligently sought to locate the ward as follows: (detailed description of efforts to locate the ward) and for wards that have no fixed address, it is for the following reasons (detailed explanation):

(B) In all guardianships and conservatorships, with the sole exception of petitions or requests for compensation to me, I have filed all reports, verifications of notice, accounts, and subsequent requirements for which I am responsible as fiduciary due as of the date of this petition or request.

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