Legal Opinion
San Diego Health & Human Services Bureau v. Pamela J.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 26, 2005No. D045800PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.
This appeal presents issues concerning the conduct of the evidentiary hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 5326.7, subdivision (f), part of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS or Act; § 5000 et seq.) to determine the capacity of a patient under the Act to give or refuse to give written informed consent to electroconvulsive treatment (ECT).
On January 13, 2005, the trial court found Pamela J., a conservatee under the LPS, did not have the capacity to give such written informed consent to ECT, and ordered that her father may consent to or refuse this…
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