California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 7.5 - Conservatorship and Guardianship for Developmentally Disabled Persons

• Section 416.
  The Director of Developmental Services may be appointed as either guardian or conservator of the person and estate, or person or estate, of any developmentally...
• Section 416.1.
  Unless exceptions are expressly made in this article, the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of the Probate Code shall apply to guardianship...
• Section 416.5.
  The director may be nominated by any one of the following to act as guardian or conservator for any developmentally disabled person; (1) who is...
• Section 416.6.
  In every case in which he has agreed to do so, the director may petition for his appointment to act as conservator or guardian of...
• Section 416.7.
  If the alleged developmentally disabled person is within the state and is able to attend, he shall be present at the hearing. If he is...
• Section 416.8.
  In addition to the requirements of Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of the Probate Code, the court shall be provided by the regional center...
• Section 416.9.
  The court may appoint the Director of Developmental Services as guardian or conservator of the person and estate or person or estate of a minor...
• Section 416.95.
  Prior to the appointment of the Director of Developmental Services as guardian or conservator of the person or estate of a minor or adult developmentally...
• Section 416.10.a.
  No appointment of both the Director of Developmental Services and a private guardian or conservator shall be made for the same person and estate, or...
• Section 416.11.
  No costs or fees shall be charged or received by the county clerk for the filing of any conservatorship or guardianship petition as provided in...
• Section 416.12.
  The Director of Developmental Services shall file an official bond in no event less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), which bond shall inure to the...
• Section 416.13.
  The appointment by the court of the Director of Developmental Services as conservator or guardian shall be by the title of his office. The authority...
• Section 416.14.
  The Director of Developmental Services shall:(a)  Consult with developmentally disabled persons and their families with respect to the services the director offers. (b)  Act as...
• Section 416.15.
  The Director of Developmental Services, when acting as adviser, may provide advice and guidance to the developmentally disabled person without prior appointment by a court....
• Section 416.16.
  The Director of Developmental Services shall have the same powers and duties as those established for guardians and conservators in Division 4 (commencing with Section...
• Section 416.17.
  It is the intent of this article that the director when acting as guardian or conservator of the person of a developmentally disabled person through...
• Section 416.18.
  The director shall provide for at least an annual review in writing of the physical, mental, and social condition of each developmentally disabled person for...
• Section 416.19.
  The services to be rendered by the director as adviser or as guardian or conservator of the person shall be performed through the regional centers...
• Section 416.20.
  The director shall receive such reasonable fees for his services as guardian or conservator of the estate as the court allows and such fees shall...
• Section 416.23.
  This article does not authorize the care, treatment, or supervision or any control over any developmentally disabled person without the written consent of his parent...

Last modified: October 22, 2018