Rule 5.5.1 Limited background check.

Any person requesting appointment by a probate court in this State as temporary administrator or personal representative of an estate of a decedent or as guardian or conservator of an incapacitated adult or a minor may be required to submit to a criminal background check by allowing the probate court in which the petition seeking such appointment is pending to access the criminal records information maintained by the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) with reference to such person. The actual performance of a background check shall be in the discretion of the judge before whom the proceedings are pending, and there shall be no requirement that a criminal history be obtained for every such person. In order to allow access to the GCIC records, any person requesting such appointment shall, upon request by the probate court, sign a form consenting to the release of such information by the GCIC to the probate court.