California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5362

WIC § 5362 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)The clerk of the superior court shall notify each conservator, his or her conservatee and the person in charge of the facility in which the person resides, and the conservatee’s attorney, at least 60 days before the termination of the one-year period. If the conservator is a private party, the clerk of the superior court shall also notify the mental health director and the county officer providing conservatorship investigation pursuant to Section 5355, at least 60 days before the termination of the one-year period. Notification shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 of the Probate Code. The notification shall be in substantially the following form: In the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of ______ The people of the State of California No. ____ Concerning Notice of Termination of Conservatorship The people of the State of California to : (conservatee, conservatee’s attorney, conservator, and professional person in charge of the facility in which the conservatee resides, county mental health director, and county officer providing conservatorship investigation.) The one-year conservatorship established for ____ pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section ____ on ____ will terminate on ____. If the conservator, ____, wishes to reestablish conservatorship for another year he or she must petition the court by ____. Subject to a request for a court hearing by jury trial the judge may, on his or her own motion, accept or reject the conservator’s petition. If the conservator petitions to reestablish conservatorship the conservatee, the professional person in charge of the facility in which he or she resides, the conservatee’s attorney, and, if the conservator is a private party, the county mental health director and the county officer providing conservatorship investigation shall be notified. If any of them request it, there shall be a court hearing or a jury trial, whichever is requested, on the issue of whether the conservatee is still gravely disabled and in need of conservatorship. If the private conservator does not petition for reappointment, the county officer providing conservatorship investigation may recommend another conservator. Such a petition shall be considered a petition for reappointment as conservator. Clerk of the Superior Court by Deputy

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 148. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.