Description: The Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee recommends approving a form for optional use to apply for and order the appointment of counsel for a ward, a proposed ward, a conservatee, or a proposed conservatee, including a limited conservatee, in a proceeding under division 4 (beginning with section 1400) of the Probate Code, which includes the Guardianship-Conservatorship Law. Probate courts and other stakeholders have indicated that appointment of counsel early in a proceeding would promote more efficient and informed case management and better protect the legal rights of persons subject to guardianship or conservatorship.

Category: Probate and Mental Health

Item Number: W18-09

Deadline: February 9, 2018

File: w18-09.pdf