LPS

Trial court correctly applied the definition of "gravely disabled" found in Welfare and Institutions Code section 5008, subdivision (h)(1)(A) in evaluating a request to establish an LPS conservatorship for a minor. The Alameda Public Guardian petitioned the superior court to…

In conservatorship proceedings, it was error for special jury instructions to inform about the duration and types of treatment that may be ordered if a conservatorship is established, but the error was harmless. A jury found that P.D. was gravely…

Revisions to Welfare and Institutions Code limiting recommitment of mentally ill person to six months, and requiring additional criteria be found, does not apply to those initially committed prior to June 27, 2012. Rosalinda was committed to a locked facility…

In a commitment proceeding under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6500, neither due process nor equal protection require that the committee be personally advised and waive the right to a jury trial. Welfare and Institutions Code section 6500 provides for…

The court was entitled to rely on the attorney's representation that the client did not want to be present and did not oppose conservatorship. Prior to a hearing to establish an LPS conservatorship, a report prepared by the conservatorship investigator…

Pursuant to Penal Code sec. 1026.5 (b), the term for a person who was found legally insane and committed to a state hospital may be extended for two years on petition of the prosecution only if the People show that…