Legal Opinion
Lillian F. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 27, 1984No. A026544PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NEWSOM, J.
Petitioner, Lillian F., is a conservatee in Santa Clara County. The Public Guardian of that county is her conservator. By this petition for extraordinary relief, she seeks to overturn a March 16, 1984, order of the Santa Clara County Superior Court which determined that she did not have the capacity to give written, informed consent to convulsive treatment. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5326.7, subds. (f) and (g).)
The superior court’s order was made following an evidentiary hearing on a petition for necessary convulsive treatment filed by the conservator. The petition alleged that…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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