Legal Opinion
Conservatorship of Valerie N.
California Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1985No. S.F. 24745PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
Mildred and Eugene G., her mother and stepfather, are co-conservators of the person of their adult developmentally disabled daughter *147Valerie.1 They appeal from a judgment of the probate court denying their petition for authorization to have a tubal ligation (salpingectomy) performed on Valerie. The primary purpose of the proposed operation is habilitation. Any therapeutic benefit would be incidental. The probate court, while agreeing with appellants that the procedure was medically safe and would enhance the quality of Valerie’s life, concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by35 opinions
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