Conservatorship of O.R. CA3

Filed 8/29/13 Conservatorship of O.R. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (El Dorado) ----

Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of O.R.

JANET WALKER-CONROY, as Conservator, etc., C070235

Petitioner and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. PMH20110123) v.

O.R.,

Objector and Appellant.

O.R. is a conservatee under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (the Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.).1 She appeals a trial court finding that she is gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder and is unable to provide for her basic personal needs of food, shelter or clothing.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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O.R. claims there is no substantial evidence to support the trial court’s decision to grant a permanent conservatorship. Disagreeing, we will affirm the judgment. BACKGROUND O.R. was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. Her history of psychiatric hospitalizations began in 2003. There were also repeated hospitalizations in 2008. Between January 2011 and August 2011, O.R. was admitted to the El Dorado County Psychiatric Health Facility (Facility) nine times. In each commitment, she had periods of noncompliance with her treatment or left without leave. Upon release from each commitment, the Facility offered her outpatient services and advised her to continue taking her prescribed medications. Each time, she failed to contact outpatient services, stopped taking her medication and decompensated, resulting in another hospitalization. Dr. Price, the medical director at El Dorado County Health Services, opined that O.R.’s history -- including noncompliance with medication recommendations, limited insight into her mental illness and impaired judgment -- rendered her unable to provide for her food, clothing and shelter needs. The Facility admitted O.R. on a section 5150 hold in January 2011. She had a history of prior hospitalizations and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type. She believed machines were going to hurt her and her boyfriend was trying to kill her because he would not drive her away from the machines. She stated it was not safe for her to go home. She claimed she had been taking her medication, but she had a full medication bottle with no tablets missing. She had a history of methamphetamine use and tested positive for amphetamine and benzodiazepines. O.R. was six months pregnant at the time. While at the Facility, she was disruptive and uncooperative. She demonstrated paranoid ideation, impaired judgment, limited impulse control and poor insight into her condition. The Facility discharged her to return home the next day, with the agreement she would follow-up at the outpatient