California Probate Code Section 1488

CA Prob Code § 1488 (2017)  

If before January 1, 1981, an adult has in a signed writing nominated a person to serve as guardian if a guardian is in the future appointed for such adult, such nomination shall be deemed to be a nomination of a conservator. This section applies whether or not the signed writing was executed in the same manner as a witnessed will so long as the person signing the writing had at the time the writing was signed sufficient capacity to form an intelligent preference.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018