Conservatorship of C.H. CA2/5

Filed 1/8/26 Conservatorship of C.H. CA2/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

Conservatorship of the Person B344897 of C.H. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PUBLIC GUARDIAN OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 22HWMH01059)

Petitioner and Respondent

v.

C.H.,

Objector and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Rene C. Gilbertson, Judge. Dismissed.

Christian C. Buckley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant.

No appearance for Petitioner and Respondent.

****** The trial court reappointed the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Guardian as conservator for C.H.1 for a one-year term after a jury found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that C.H. suffers from a mental health disorder that renders her “gravely disabled” under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq. (the Act); id., §§ 5350, 5008, subd. (h)(1)(A)).2 C.H. appealed, arguing that substantial evidence does not support the jury’s finding that the disorder inhibits C.H. from providing for her basic needs. This appeal is moot. An order reappointing a conservator under the Act lasts for one year only, by operation of law. (§ 5361; Conservatorship of K.Y. (2024) 100 Cal.App.5th 985, 988 (K.Y.); Conservatorship of Eric B. (2022) 12 Cal.5th 1085, 1096.) The conservatorship challenged by C.H. here expired on August 9, 2025. Because we can no longer grant C.H. the relief that she seeks (namely, to vacate the order that has already expired by operation of law), her appeal is moot. (K.Y., at p. 988; Conservatorship of C.O. (2021) 71 Cal.App.5th 894, 903 [“When a challenged conservatorship has ended, the appeal of that conservatorship is ‘technically moot’”].) Although courts have inherent discretion to reach the merits of an otherwise moot