*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on February 4, 2022. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.*
*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on October 22, 2021. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Permanent Version.*
(a) A designator may designate a standby guardian at any time.
(b) The designation of a standby guardian shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
(1) The full name, address, birth date, and gender of the child affected;
(2) The full name, address, and telephone number of the designator; and
(3) If known, the names and addresses of any other persons having legal rights to the care, custody, or control of the child.
(c) The designation shall be signed by the designator. Another adult may sign the designation on behalf of the designator if the designator is physically unable to do so, the designator expressly requests that the adult sign the designation, and the adult signs the designation in the presence or, during the period from March 11, 2020, until November 5, 2021, the electronic presence of the designator. The designated standby guardian or alternate standby guardian may not sign on behalf of the designator.
(d) The designation shall be signed and dated by the designator or the designator’s proxy in the presence or, during the period from March 11, 2020, until November 5, 2021, the electronic presence of 2 witnesses who shall be over 18 years of age and who cannot be the standby guardian or the alternate standby guardian. The witnesses shall indicate their witnessing of the signing of the designation by signing the designation.
(e) The designation shall include a statement that the designation is not valid until it is signed and witnessed as required by subsection (d) of this section.
(f) The standby guardian, and the alternate standby guardian, if one is designated, shall sign the executed designation to indicate acceptance of the standby guardianship.
(June 25, 2002, D.C. Law 14-152, § 2, 49 DCR 4248; June 24, 2021, D.C. Law 24-9, § 810(a)(2), 68 DCR 004824; July 24, 2021, D.C. Act 24-125, § 3(ff)(1), 68 DCR 007342.)
Emergency LegislationFor temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 3(ff)(1) of Public Emergency Extension and Eviction and Utility Moratorium Phasing Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-125, July 24, 2021, 68 DCR 007342).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-96, June 7, 2021, 68 DCR 006025).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-30, Mar. 17, 2021, 68 DCR 003101).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Second Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-405, Aug. 19, 2020, 67 DCR 10235).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-328, June 8, 2020, 67 DCR 7598).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-326, May 27, 2020, 67 DCR 7045).
Temporary LegislationFor temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Temporary Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Law 24-9, June 24, 2021, 68 DCR 004824).
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 810(a)(2) of Coronavirus Support Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Law 23-130, Oct. 9, 2020, 67 DCR 8622).