California Probate Code CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Duties of Guardian or Conservator of the Person

• Section 2350.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Conservator” means the conservator of the person.(b) “Guardian” means the guardian of the person.(c) “Residence” does not include a regional center established pursuant...
• Section 2351.
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the guardian or conservator, but not a limited conservator, has the care, custody, and control of, and has charge of the...
• Section 2351.5.
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b):(1) The limited conservator has the care, custody, and control of the limited conservatee.(2) The limited conservator shall secure for the limited conservatee those...
• Section 2352.
  (a) The guardian may establish the residence of the ward at any place within this state without the permission of the court. The guardian shall select...
• Section 2352.5.
  (a) It shall be presumed that the personal residence of the conservatee at the time of commencement of the proceeding is the least restrictive appropriate residence...
• Section 2353.
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the guardian has the same right as a parent having legal custody of a child to give consent to medical treatment...
• Section 2354.
  (a) If the conservatee has not been adjudicated to lack the capacity to give informed consent for medical treatment, the conservatee may consent to his or...
• Section 2355.
  (a) If the conservatee has been adjudicated to lack the capacity to make health care decisions, the conservator has the exclusive authority to make health care...
• Section 2356.
  (a) A ward or conservatee shall not be placed in a mental health treatment facility under this division against his or her will. Involuntary civil placement...
• Section 2356.5.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares of all the following:(1) That people with major neurocognitive disorder, as defined in the last published edition of the “Diagnostic...
• Section 2357.
  (a) As used in this section:(1) “Guardian or conservator” includes a temporary guardian of the person or a temporary conservator of the person.(2) “Ward or conservatee” includes a...
• Section 2358.
  When a guardian or conservator is appointed, the court may, with the consent of the guardian or conservator, insert in the order of appointment conditions...
• Section 2359.
  (a) Upon petition of the guardian or conservator or ward or conservatee or other interested person, the court may authorize and instruct the guardian or conservator...
• Section 2360.
  Upon the establishment of a conservatorship by the court and annually thereafter, the conservator shall ensure that a clear photograph of the conservatee is taken...
• Section 2361.
  A conservator shall provide notice of a conservatee’s death by delivering pursuant to Section 1215 a copy of the notice to all persons entitled to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018