San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. John L.

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

At a hearing on April 4, 2006, the superior court considered a petition to establish a conservatorship of the person of John L. pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act or Act; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.).1 A report prepared by a conservatorship investigator the month before the hearing stated that John “made it clear” he did not want a conservator and did not need any assistance. At the hearing, however, John’s appointed attorney informed the court that John did not want to be present in court and was not contesting the conservatorship. Relying on the…