California Code
DIVISION 4 - GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS
PART 3 - CONSERVATORSHIP

CHAPTER 1 - Establishment of Conservatorship

ARTICLE 1 - Persons for Whom Conservator May Be Appointed

Section 1800. - 1800. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 1800.3. - 1800.3. (a) If the need therefor is established to the...

Section 1801. - 1801. Subject to Section 1800.3: (a) A conservator of the...

Section 1802. - 1802. Subject to Section 1800.3, a conservator of the person...

Section 1803. - 1803. A conservator of the estate may be appointed for...

Section 1804. - 1804. Subject to Section 1800.3, a conservator of the estate...

ARTICLE 2 - Order of Preference for Appointment of Conservator

Section 1810. - 1810. If the proposed conservatee has sufficient capacity at the...

Section 1811. - 1811. (a) Subject to Sections 1813 and 1813.1, the spouse,...

Section 1812. - 1812. (a) Subject to Sections 1810, 1813, and 1813.1, the...

Section 1813. - 1813. (a) (1) The spouse of a proposed conservatee may...

Section 1813.1. - 1813.1. (a) (1) The domestic partner of a proposed conservatee...

ARTICLE 3 - Establishment of Conservatorship

Section 1820. - 1820. (a) A petition for the appointment of a conservator...

Section 1821. - 1821. (a) (1) The petition shall request that a conservator...

Section 1822. - 1822. (a) At least 15 days before the hearing on...

Section 1823. - 1823. (a) If the petition is filed by a person...

Section 1824. - 1824. The citation and a copy of the petition shall...

Section 1825. - 1825. (a) The proposed conservatee shall be produced at the...

Section 1826. - 1826. (a) Regardless of whether the proposed conservatee attends the...

Section 1827. - 1827. The court shall hear and determine the matter of...

Section 1827.5. - 1827.5. (a) In the case of any proceeding to establish...

Section 1828. - 1828. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), before the...

Section 1828.5. - 1828.5. (a) At the hearing on the petition for appointment...

Section 1829. - 1829. Any of the following persons may appear at the...

Section 1830. - 1830. (a) The order appointing the conservator shall contain, among...

Section 1834. - 1834. (a) Before letters are issued in a conservatorship that...

Section 1835. - 1835. (a) Every superior court shall provide all conservators with...

Section 1835.5. - 1835.5. (a) Within 30 days of the establishment of a...

Section 1836. - 1836. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Judicial Council...

ARTICLE 4 - Special Provisions Applicable Where Proposed Conservatee Is an Absentee

Section 1840. - 1840. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a conservator...

Section 1841. - 1841. In addition to the other required contents of the...

Section 1842. - 1842. In addition to the persons and entities to whom...

Section 1843. - 1843. (a) No citation is required under Section 1823 to...

Section 1844. - 1844. (a) In a proceeding to appoint a conservator for...

ARTICLE 5 - Special Provisions Applicable Where Proposed Conservatee Is a Missing Person

Section 1845. - 1845. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a...

Section 1846. - 1846. In addition to the other required contents of the...

Section 1847. - 1847. In addition to the persons and entities to whom...

Section 1848. - 1848. (a) In a proceeding under Article 3 (commencing with...

Section 1849. - 1849. A conservator of the estate of a person who...

Section 1849.5. - 1849.5. (a) A petition may be filed under this article...

CHAPTER 2 - Periodic Review of Conservatorship

Section 1850. - 1850. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), each conservatorship...

Section 1850.5. - 1850.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1850, each limited conservatorship for a...

Section 1851. - 1851. (a) (1) If court review is required pursuant to...

Section 1851.1. - 1851.1. (a) When a court issues an order provisionally granting...

Section 1851.2. - 1851.2. Each court shall coordinate investigations with the filing of...

Section 1851.5. - 1851.5. Each court shall assess each conservatee in the county...

Section 1851.6. - 1851.6. (a) Any interested person, as defined in Section 48...

Section 1852. - 1852. If the conservatee wishes to petition the court for...

Section 1853. - 1853. (a) If the court investigator is unable to locate...

CHAPTER 3 - Termination

Section 1860. - 1860. (a) A conservatorship continues until terminated by the death...

Section 1860.5. - 1860.5. (a) A limited conservatorship continues until the authority of...

Section 1861. - 1861. (a) A petition for the termination of the conservatorship...

Section 1861.5. - 1861.5. Upon the receipt of a communication from the conservatee...

Section 1862. - 1862. (a) Notice of the hearing to consider the termination...

Section 1863. - 1863. (a) The court shall hear and determine the matter...

Section 1864. - 1864. (a) In the case of the conservatorship of an...

Section 1865. - 1865. If the conservatee has been disqualified from voting pursuant...

CHAPTER 4 - Legal Capacity of Conservatee

ARTICLE 1 - Capacity to Bind or Obligate Conservatorship Estate

Section 1870. - 1870. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise...

Section 1871. - 1871. Nothing in this article shall be construed to deny...

Section 1872. - 1872. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the...

Section 1873. - 1873. (a) In the order appointing the conservator or upon...

Section 1874. - 1874. (a) After a conservator has been appointed, a petition...

Section 1875. - 1875. A transaction that affects real property of the conservatorship...

Section 1876. - 1876. The provisions of this article relating to the legal...

ARTICLE 2 - Capacity to Give Informed Consent for Medical Treatment

Section 1880. - 1880. If the court determines that there is no form...

Section 1881. - 1881. (a) A conservatee shall be deemed unable to give...

Section 1890. - 1890. (a) An order of the court under Section 1880...

Section 1891. - 1891. (a) A petition may be filed under this article...

Section 1892. - 1892. Notice of the hearing on the petition shall be...

Section 1893. - 1893. The conservatee shall be produced at the hearing except...

Section 1894. - 1894. If the petition alleges that the conservatee is not...

Section 1895. - 1895. (a) The conservatee, the spouse, the domestic partner, a...

Section 1896. - 1896. (a) If the court determines that the order requested...

Section 1897. - 1897. An order of the court under Section 1880 continues...

Section 1898. - 1898. An order of the court under Section 1880 may...

ARTICLE 3 - Capacity of Conservatee to Marry

Section 1900. - 1900. The appointment of a conservator of the person or...

Section 1901. - 1901. (a) The court may by order determine whether the...

CHAPTER 5 - Disqualification From Voting

Section 1910. - 1910. (a) If the court determines the conservatee is incapable...

CHAPTER 6 - Sterilization

Section 1950. - 1950. The Legislature recognizes that the right to exercise choice...

Section 1951. - 1951. (a) No person who has the ability to consent...

Section 1952. - 1952. The conservator of an adult, or any person authorized...

Section 1953. - 1953. At least 90 days before the hearing on the...

Section 1954. - 1954. In any proceeding under this chapter, if the person...

Section 1954.5. - 1954.5. (a) The court shall appoint a facilitator for the...

Section 1955. - 1955. (a) The court shall request the director of the...

Section 1956. - 1956. The person to whom the petition applies shall be...

Section 1957. - 1957. To the greatest extent possible, the court shall elicit...

Section 1958. - 1958. The court may authorize the conservator of a person...

Section 1959. - 1959. The fact that, due to the nature or severity...

Section 1960. - 1960. If the person named in the petition already has...

Section 1961. - 1961. A sterilization procedure authorized under this chapter shall not...

Section 1962. - 1962. (a) Any court order granting a petition under this...

Section 1963. - 1963. (a) At the conclusion of the hearing, the court,...

Section 1964. - 1964. An order of the court authorizing a conservator to...

Section 1965. - 1965. Any court order made pursuant to this chapter granting...

Section 1966. - 1966. After the filing of a first petition for sterilization...

Section 1967. - 1967. (a) The sterilization of a person in accordance with...

Section 1968. - 1968. This chapter does not prohibit medical treatment or surgery...

Section 1969. - 1969. Nothing in this chapter shall infringe on the right...

CHAPTER 7 - Unwarranted Petitions

Section 1970. - 1970. (a) The Legislature finds that unwarranted petitions, applications, or...

CHAPTER 8 - Interstate Jurisdiction, Transfer, and Recognition: California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1980. - 1980. (a) By enacting this chapter, it is the Legislature’s...

Section 1981. - 1981. (a) (1) This chapter does not apply to a...

Section 1982. - 1982. In this chapter: (a) “Adult” means an individual who...

Section 1983. - 1983. A court of this state may treat a foreign...

Section 1984. - 1984. (a) A court of this state may communicate with...

Section 1985. - 1985. (a) In a conservatorship proceeding in this state, a...

Section 1986. - 1986. (a) In a conservatorship proceeding, in addition to other...

ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction

Section 1991. - 1991. (a) In this article: (1) “Emergency” means a circumstance...

Section 1992. - 1992. For a conservatorship proceeding governed by this article, this...

Section 1993. - 1993. (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to...

Section 1994. - 1994. (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under...

Section 1995. - 1995. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1994, a court...

Section 1996. - 1996. (a) (1) A court of this state having jurisdiction...

Section 1997. - 1997. (a) If at any time a court of this...

Section 1998. - 1998. If a petition for the appointment of a conservator...

Section 1999. - 1999. Except for a petition for the appointment of a...

ARTICLE 3 - Transfer of Conservatorship

Section 2001. - 2001. (a) A conservator appointed in this state may petition...

Section 2002. - 2002. (a) (1) To confirm transfer of a conservatorship transferred...

Section 2003. - 2003. If a conservatorship is transferred under this article from...

ARTICLE 4 - Registration and Recognition of Orders from Other States

Section 2011. - 2011. If a conservator of the person has been appointed...

Section 2012. - 2012. If a conservator of the estate has been appointed...

Section 2013. - 2013. If a conservator of the person and estate has...

Section 2014. - 2014. (a) At least 15 days before registering a conservatorship...

Section 2015. - 2015. Upon registration of a conservatorship pursuant to this article,...

Section 2016. - 2016. (a) Upon registration of a conservatorship order from another...

Section 2017. - 2017. (a) A third person who acts in good faith...

Section 2018. - 2018. (a) A file-stamped copy of the registration documents required...

Section 2019. - 2019. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article: (a) A...

ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 2021. - 2021. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall...

Section 2022. - 2022. This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic...

Section 2023. - 2023. (a) On or before January 1, 2016, the Judicial...

Section 2024. - 2024. (a) This chapter applies to conservatorship proceedings begun on...

ARTICLE 6 - Federally Recognized Indian Tribe

Section 2031. - 2031. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “California tribe”...

Section 2032. - 2032. Article 2 (commencing with Section 1991) does not apply...

Section 2033. - 2033. (a) If a petition for the appointment of a...