Existing law establishes procedures for a conservatorship of the person or estate of an adult, or of a minor who is married or whose marriage has been dissolved. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature in establishing these procedures, among other purposes, to protect the rights of persons who are placed under conservatorship, to provide that the health and psychosocial needs of the proposed conservatee are met, and to ensure, to the greatest possible extent, that the conservatee is able to understand, make, and communicate their own, informed, choices while under conservatorship.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that the rights of older adults who have been placed under a probate conservatorship are not unduly restricted.