Section 1828 Of Article 3. Establishment Of Conservatorship From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), before the
establishment of a conservatorship of the person or estate, or both,
the court shall inform the proposed conservatee of all of the
following:
(1) The nature and purpose of the proceeding.
(2) The establishment of a conservatorship is a legal adjudication
of the conservatee's inability to properly provide for the
conservatee's personal needs or to manage the conservatee's own
financial resources, or both, depending on the allegations made and
the determinations requested in the petition, and the effect of such
an adjudication on the conservatee's basic rights.
(3) (A) The proposed conservatee may be disqualified from voting
pursuant to Section 2208 of the Elections Code if he or she is
incapable of communicating, with or without reasonable
accommodations, a desire to participate in the voting process.
(B) The proposed conservatee shall not be disqualified from voting
on the basis that he or she does, or would need to do, any of the
following to complete an affidavit of voter registration:
(i) Signs the affidavit of voter registration with a mark or a
cross pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2150 of the Elections
Code.
(ii) Signs the affidavit of voter registration by means of a
signature stamp pursuant to Section 354.5 of the Elections Code.
(iii) Completes the affidavit of voter registration with the
assistance of another person pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section
2150 of the Elections Code.
(iv) Completes the affidavit of voter registration with reasonable
accommodations.
(4) The identity of the proposed conservator.
(5) The nature and effect on the conservatee's basic rights of any
order requested under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1870), and
in the case of an allegedly developmentally disabled adult, the
specific effects of each limitation requested in such order.
(6) The proposed conservatee has the right to oppose the
proceeding, to have the matter of the establishment of the
conservatorship tried by jury, to be represented by legal counsel if
the proposed conservatee so chooses, and to have legal counsel
appointed by the court if unable to retain legal counsel.
(b) After the court so informs the proposed conservatee and before
the establishment of the conservatorship, the court shall consult
the proposed conservatee to determine the proposed conservatee's
opinion concerning all of the following:
(1) The establishment of the conservatorship.
(2) The appointment of the proposed conservator.
(3) Any order requested under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
1870), and in the case of an allegedly developmentally disabled
adult, of each limitation requested in such order.
(c) This section does not apply where both of the following
conditions are satisfied:
(1) The proposed conservatee is absent from the hearing and is not
required to attend the hearing under subdivision (a) of Section
1825.
(2) Any showing required by Section 1825 has been made.