[header] How to change legal guardianship [title] Understand the ways that guardianships can end. [step] Guardianships can come to an end in many different ways. A court can issue an order to terminate a guardianship. 
A guardian may also resign after a court hearing is held. The ward (if 12 or older) or the ward's parents (if the ward is a minor) may request the court to end a guardianship.