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You can apply to be a child鈥檚 special guardian if you鈥檙e not their parent and you鈥檙e over 18.

You can make an application with someone else. This is known as a joint claim.

You and anyone you鈥檙e applying with can apply if:

• you鈥檙e already the child鈥檚 legal guardian
• the child lives with you because of a child arrangements order
• the child has lived with you for 3 of the past 5 years
• you鈥檙e the child鈥檚 relative or a foster parent, and the child has been living with you for at least 1 year
• you have the agreement of anyone named in a child arrangements order as someone who the child will live with
• you have the agreement of all the people with parental responsibility for the child
• you have the agreement of the local council, if the child is in care

If you do not fit one of these descriptions, you鈥檒l need to ask the court鈥檚 permission to apply. You鈥檒l need to send the following forms to your :

• 鈥楳ake an application in existing court proceedings relating to children鈥� (form C2)
• 鈥楩amily mediation and assessment meeting鈥� (form FM1)