Form 4A-507. Ex parte motion to appoint temporary kinship guardian(s).

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF ____________________ ________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT ______________________________, Petitioner(s) No. _________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP OF ____________________________,1 (a) Child(ren) (use initials only), and concerning ____________________________, Respondent #1, ____________________________, Respondent #2. EX PARTE MOTION TO APPOINT TEMPORARY KINSHIP GUARDIAN(S)2 Petitioner, _____________________, (name of Petitioner(s)), move(s) the court to grant this Ex Parte Motion to Appoint Temporary Kinship Guardian for the minor child(ren). In support of the motion, Petitioner(s) state(s) as follows: 1. A Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s) has been filed in this court under the Kinship Guardianship Act for the following children: Child’s name Birth year Age ___________________________ ________ ______ ___________________________ ________ ______ ___________________________ ________ ______ 2. Petitioner(s) incorporate all of the allegations contained in the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s). 3. Section 40-10B-7(C) NMSA 1978 of the Kinship Guardianship Act allows this court to appoint a temporary guardian ex parte for good cause, to serve for one hundred and eighty (180) days or until the case is decided on the merits, whichever occurs first. 4. There is good cause to appoint a temporary guardian ex parte because (explain why the court should appoint a temporary guardian without a hearing): ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. It is in the child(ren)’s best interests that Petitioner(s) be appointed the child(ren)’s temporary guardian(s) until a hearing on the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s) is heard. WHEREFORE, Petitioner(s) request(s) that the court appoint Petitioner(s) as Temporary Kinship Guardian(s) of the minor child(ren), _________________________, to last one hundred and eighty (180) days or until a hearing on the merits is heard, whichever occurs first. If the court does not grant an Order on this Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Kinship Guardianship, Petitioner(s) request(s) that a hearing be set within twenty (20) days of the filing of this motion as provided under Section 40-10B-7(B) NMSA 1978. Submitted by, _______________________________ Signature _______________________________ Printed Name _______________________________ _______________________________ Address _______________________________ Phone number and email address STATE OF NEW MEXICO ) ) ss. COUNTY OF ____________ ) Acknowledged, subscribed, and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______________, ______. __________________________________ Notary Public My commission expires: ______________