Conservatorship of the Person of C.D. CA1/2

Filed 12/12/24 Conservatorship of the Person of C.D. CA1/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

Conservatorship of the Person of C.D.

PUBLIC GUARDIAN OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, as Conservator, Petitioner and Respondent, v. A170335 C.D., (San Mateo County Objector and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 20PR000592D)

C.D. appeals from the denial of his request for rehearing of orders granting a petition for conservatorship and appointing the San Mateo Public Guardian (Public Guardian) as conservator. His appointed appellate counsel filed a brief setting forth the applicable facts and law pursuant to Conservatorship of Ben C. (2007) 40 Cal.4th 529 (Ben C.). Counsel informed C.D. that he could file a supplemental brief, but C.D. has not done so.1 Our discretionary review of the record discloses no arguable issues, and we therefore affirm.

Counsel’s declaration states that he has communicated with C.D. at 1

his current address; explained his evaluation of the record; informed C.D. of his right to file a supplemental brief and that if he does not, the appeal would

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BACKGROUND On October 24, 2023, the Public Guardian filed an ex parte petition to appoint a temporary conservatorship under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5350 et seq.) The Public Guardian was appointed temporary conservator the same day. A petition to establish conservatorship filed on November 2, 2023, alleged that C.D. was gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder and unable to provide for his own basic needs, food, clothing or shelter, and was unwilling or incapable of accepting treatment voluntarily. A hearing was held on November 21, 2023, and the court appointed the Public Guardian conservator of the person and estate. On March 29, 2024, C.D. requested rehearing. At a hearing on April 17, 2024, clinical psychologist Alicia Robinson opined that C.D. was unable to provide for his own food, clothing and shelter as a result of his mental illness, was still gravely disabled and should remain conserved. Robinson had interviewed C.D. not long before the hearing and had previously interviewed him in May 2023 for a conservatorship hearing that resulted in the termination of a previous conservatorship.2 She had also reviewed records from C.D.’s current facility and from a hospitalization following termination of the prior conservatorship.