Galup, Stuart D.

An integrated guardianship system. The system can include
a Clerk of the Court system for processing ward data and
guardianship data; a guardian background investigation system
communicatively linked to the Clerk of the Court
system over a computer communications network; and, at
least one database for storing ward, guardianship and background
data, wherein the ward, guardianship and background
data can be accessed by an authorized system
communicatively linked to the computer communications
network. Notably, the guardian background investigation
system can conduct background investigations of guardians
based on guardian data electronically provided by the Clerk
of the Court system over the computer communications
network. The background investigations, in turn, can produce
guardian background data. Finally, the guardian background
investigation system can electronically provide the
guardian background data to the Clerk of the Court system
over the computer communications network.