Conservatorship of Bookasta

Opinion

WOODS (A. M.), P. J.

A conservatorship was established over the persons and estates of Regina Bookasta and her now-deceased husband E. H. Bookasta under provisions of Probate Code section 1801 et seq. Subsequently, the Bookastas petitioned the court under section 1873 to establish their legal capacity to enter into certain transactions which they had undertaken, including revocation of a family trust. The Bookastas also petitioned to terminate the conservatorship. The court denied the petitions and found the Bookastas lacked legal capacity to make a will, invalidating their April 1987…