Section 1500 Of Article 1. Nomination Of Guardian From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
1500
. Subject to Section 1502, a parent may nominate a guardian of
the person or estate, or both, of a minor child in either of the
following cases:
(a) Where the other parent nominates, or consents in writing to
the nomination of, the same guardian for the same child.
(b) Where, at the time the petition for appointment of the
guardian is filed, either (1) the other parent is dead or lacks legal
capacity to consent to the nomination or (2) the consent of the
other parent would not be required for an adoption of the child.