California Probate Code ARTICLE 3 - Establishment of Conservatorship

• Section 1820.
  (a) A petition for the appointment of a conservator may be filed by any of the following:(1) The proposed conservatee.(2) The spouse or domestic partner of the proposed...
• Section 1821.
  (a) The petition shall request that a conservator be appointed for the person or estate, or both, shall specify the name, address, and telephone number of...
• Section 1822.
  (a) At least 15 days before the hearing on the petition for appointment of a conservator, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall...
• Section 1823.
  (a) If the petition is filed by a person other than the proposed conservatee, the clerk shall issue a citation directed to the proposed conservatee setting...
• Section 1824.
  The citation and a copy of the petition shall be served on the proposed conservatee at least 15 days before the hearing. Service shall be...
• Section 1825.
  (a) The proposed conservatee shall be produced at the hearing except in the following cases:(1) Where the proposed conservatee is out of the state when served and...
• Section 1826.
  (a) Regardless of whether the proposed conservatee attends the hearing, the court investigator shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct the following interviews:(A) The proposed conservatee personally.(B) All petitioners...
• Section 1827.
  The court shall hear and determine the matter of the establishment of the conservatorship according to the law and procedure relating to the trial of...
• Section 1827.5.
  (a) In the case of any proceeding to establish a limited conservatorship for a person with developmental disabilities, within 30 days after the filing of a...
• Section 1828.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), before the establishment of a conservatorship of the person or estate, or both, the court shall inform the proposed...
• Section 1828.5.
  (a) At the hearing on the petition for appointment of a limited conservator for an allegedly developmentally disabled adult, the court shall do each of the...
• Section 1829.
  Any of the following persons may appear at the hearing to support or oppose the petition:(a) The proposed conservatee.(b) The spouse or registered domestic partner of the...
• Section 1830.
  (a) The order appointing the conservator shall contain, among other things, the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of:(1) The conservator.(2) The conservatee’s attorney, if any.(3) The court investigator, if...
• Section 1834.
  (a) Before letters are issued in a conservatorship that originates in this state or a conservatorship that is transferred to this state under Chapter 8 (commencing...
• Section 1835.
  (a) Every superior court shall provide all private conservators with written information concerning a conservator’s rights, duties, limitations, and responsibilities under this division.(b) The information to be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018