Legal Opinion
Santa Clara County Office of Public Guardian v. G.H.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 17, 2014No. H038826PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUSHING, P. J.
G.H. appeals from an order reappointing a conservator of his person under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.). His appeal calls upon us to address the question of whether the trial court can impose a terminating sanction, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2032.410, against a proposed LPS conservatee in the absence of a court order requiring a mental examination of the proposed conservatee.
Background
In 1998, the Santa Clara County Superior Court established a conservator-ship over G.H.’s person pursuant to the LPS Act. Since…
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