California Probate Code ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction

• Section 1991.
  (a) In this article:(1) “Emergency” means a circumstance that likely will result in substantial harm to a proposed conservatee’s health, safety, or welfare, and for which the...
• Section 1992.
  For a conservatorship proceeding governed by this article, this article provides the exclusive basis for determining whether the courts of this state, as opposed to...
• Section 1993.
  (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a conservator for a proposed conservatee if this state is the proposed conservatee’s home state.(b) A court...
• Section 1994.
  (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 1993 has special jurisdiction to do any of the following:(1) Appoint...
• Section 1995.
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 1994, a court that has appointed a conservator consistent with this chapter has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the...
• Section 1996.
  (a) (1) A court of this state having jurisdiction under Section 1993 to appoint a conservator may decline to exercise its jurisdiction if it determines at any...
• Section 1997.
  (a) If at any time a court of this state determines that it acquired jurisdiction to appoint a conservator because of unjustifiable conduct, the court may...
• Section 1998.
  If a petition for the appointment of a conservator of the person, conservator of the estate, or conservator of the person and estate is brought...
• Section 1999.
  Except for a petition for the appointment of a conservator under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1994, if a petition...

Last modified: October 22, 2018