Legal Opinion
San Diego Department of Social Services v. Waltz
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 2, 1986No. D001966PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
A conservator was appointed (Welf. & Inst. Code, 2 § 5350) when John Waltz was found to be incapable of providing for his basic personal needs. He was also found incapable of consenting to or refusing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and his conservator was given the power to consent or refuse this shock treatment on his behalf. (§ 5326.7, subds. (f) & (g).)
Waltz contends expert medical evidence was improperly admitted at the conservator hearing; the ECT hearings were untimely; the county counsel improperly participated in the ECT hearings; and the court made erroneous orders at…
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