Section 416.9 Of Article 7.5. Conservatorship And Guardianship For Developmentally Disabled Persons From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 7.5.
416.9
. The court may appoint the Director of Developmental Services
as guardian or conservator of the person and estate or person or
estate of a minor or adult developmentally disabled person. The
preferences established in Section 1812 of the Probate Code for
appointment of a conservator shall not apply. An appointment of the
Director of Developmental Services as conservator shall not of itself
constitute a judicial finding that the developmentally disabled
person is legally incompetent. The petition for the appointment of
the Director of Developmental Services as conservator of an adult
developmentally disabled person may include a request that the court
adjudge the developmentally disabled person to be legally incompetent
or such an adjudication may be made subsequently upon a petition
made, noticed, and heard by the court in the same manner as a
petition for the appointment of the director as conservator. If the
Director of Developmental Services is serving as the guardian of an
adult developmentally disabled person on December 31, 1980, after
that date such appointment shall be deemed to be the appointment of a
conservator and the conservatee shall be deemed to have been
adjudged to be legally incompetent.