9.300 APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS IN ADOPTIONS

Except in cases when one or more of the petitioners, or a state or private agency, is the legal or natural guardian of the minor child, when a petition is filed for leave to adopt a minor child and the required consent thereto has been filed, the attorney for the petitioner must prepare and submit to the court an order providing for the appointment of the petitioner, or other suitable person, as guardian of the person of the minor child pending further order of the court or entry of a judgment.