ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address):

FOR COURT USE ONLY

GC-079

FAX NO. (Optional):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF 

TELEPHONE NO.:

E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional):

ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

(Name):

(1)

CONSERVATORSHIP 

GUARDIANSHIP     OF THE PERSON 

 AND ESTATE     OF

PRE-MOVE NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE OF  PERSONAL RESIDENCE OF

CASE NUMBER:

CONSERVATEE

WARD (Name):   

CONSERVATEE

MINOR

INFORMATION FOR CONSERVATOR OR GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON: 
You must mail, at least 15 days before the date of the proposed move (unless you can show that an emergency requires a 
shorter time), a notice of your intention to change your conservatee's or ward's personal residence (his or her residence as 
defined in rules 7.1063(b) or 7.1013(b) of the Cal. Rules of Court) to the conservatee, the ward if 12 years of age or older, the 
conservatee's or ward's attorney; and (a) in a conservatorship, the conservatee's spouse or registered domestic partner; and 
the conservatee's relatives named in the petition for appointment of a conservator in your case (the conservatee's 
second-degree relatives, or if there are no spouse, registered domestic partner, and second-degree relatives, the persons 
named in Probate Code section 1821(b)(1)–(4) as the conservatee's “deemed relatives”); or (b) in a guardianship, the ward's 
parents; any person who had legal custody of the ward when the first petition for appointment of a guardian was filed in your 
case, the guardian of the ward's estate, and any person nominated as a guardian for the ward who was not appointed. Use 
copies of this form for the notice described above. File the original of the notice form with the court and show proof of 
mailing. See page 2 of this form for proof of mailing. If there is more than one ward in your case, file and mail copies of 
a separate form for each ward moved. (See rules 7.1013(a) and (b), or 7.1063(a) and (b) of the Cal. Rules of Court.) 

(2)

You must also give notice to the court and others, after the move, of any change in the conservatee's or ward's residence within 
the State of California.  Do not use this form for that notice. Use form GC-080, Post-Move Notice of Change of Residence of 
Conservatee or Ward, for that notice.  (See rules 7.1013(c)–(e), and 7.1063(c)–(e) of the Cal. Rules of Court.)      

(3) You must obtain court permission before the conservatee or ward can move to a new residence outside California.

NOTICE IS GIVEN as follows:
1.

I intend to change the above-named conservatee's or ward's personal residence on (date):

2.

The conservatee's or ward's residence address after the move will be (street address, including residence or facility name and 
room or apartment number, if any, and city, county, and zip code):

.

3.

The new residence will be a (describe type of residence or facility, for example, single family residence; apartment or condominium; 

board and care, intermediate care, or skilled nursing):

4.

I cannot give at least 15 days' notice of this intended change because of the emergency described below (specify):

Continued on Attachment 4. (State name of this case, case number, and title of this form on the top of attached page.)

Date:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME OF CONSERVATOR OR GUARDIAN)

(SIGNATURE OF CONSERVATOR  OR GUARDIAN )

Page 1 of 2

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use 
Judicial Council of California 
GC-079 [New  January 1, 2008]

PRE-MOVE NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE OF 
PERSONAL RESIDENCE OF CONSERVATEE OR WARD  
(Probate—Guardianships and Conservatorships)

Probate Code, § 2352
Cal. Rules of Court, rules 7.1013, 
7.1063
www.courtinfo.ca.gov

CONSERVATORSHIP 

GUARDIANSHIP     OF THE PERSON 

AND ESTATE     OF

CASE NUMBER:

(Name):

GC-079

CONSERVATEE

MINOR

PROOF OF MAILING

1.

I am over the age of 18.  I am the appointed conservator or guardian of the above-named conservatee or ward, the conservator's or 
guardian's attorney, or an employee of the attorney.  I am a resident of or employed in the county where the mailing occurred.  

2.

My residence or business address is (specify):

3.

I mailed the foregoing Pre-Move Notice of Proposed Change of Personal Residence of Conservatee or Ward to each person 
named below by enclosing a copy in an envelope addressed as shown below AND

depositing the sealed envelope on the date and at the place shown in item 4 with the United States Postal Service 
with the postage fully prepaid. 
placing the envelope for collection and mailing on the date and at the place shown in item 4 following our ordinary 
business practices.  I am readily familiar with this business's practice for collecting and processing correspondence for 
mailing.  On the same day that correspondence is placed for collection and mailing, it is deposited in the ordinary 
course of business with the United States Postal Service in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid.

4. a.

Date mailed:

b.

Place mailed (city, state):

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

.

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING THIS FORM)

(SIGNATURE OF PERSON COMPLETING THIS FORM)

NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH PERSON TO WHOM NOTICE WAS MAILED

Address (number, street, city, state, and zip code)

a.

b.

Date:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Name and relationship 
to conservatee or ward

Conservatee or ward 
at least 12 years of age

Attorney for conservatee or ward 

Spouse or domestic partner of conservatee

Parent of ward

Parent of ward

Continued on an attachment.  (You may use form GC-079 (MA) to show additional addressees.)

GC-079 [New  January 1, 2008]

Page 2 of 2

PRE-MOVE NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE OF 
PERSONAL RESIDENCE OF CONSERVATEE OR WARD  
(Probate—Guardianships and Conservatorships)