San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Jones

Opinion

KREMER, P. J.

On April 10, 1986, following Lanterman-Petris-Short Act proceedings (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.), the trial court found Robert Jones gravely disabled and appointed a conservator for him. Jones appeals.

I

On March 12, 1986, San Diego County Department of Social Services petitioned for appointment of a conservator for Jones. On March 19, a conservatorship investigation report was mailed to H. L. Roy Short, Jones’s appointed counsel. Thereafter, Short moved to dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction. The motion, however, was denied. On appeal, Jones again contends…