Section 1835 Of Article 3. Establishment Of Conservatorship From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Every superior court shall provide all private
conservators with written information concerning a conservator's
rights, duties, limitations, and responsibilities under this
division.
(b) The information to be provided shall include, but need not be
limited to, the following:
(1) The rights, duties, limitations, and responsibilities of a
conservator.
(2) The rights of a conservatee.
(3) How to assess the needs of the conservatee.
(4) How to use community-based services to meet the needs of the
conservatee.
(5) How to ensure that the conservatee is provided with the least
restrictive possible environment.
(6) The court procedures and processes relevant to
conservatorships.
(7) The procedures for inventory and appraisal, and the filing of
accounts.
(c) An information package shall be developed by the Judicial
Council, after consultation with the following organizations or
individuals:
(1) The California State Association of Public Administrators,
Public Guardians, and Public Conservators, or other comparable
organizations.
(2) The State Bar.
(3) Individuals or organizations, approved by the Judicial
Council, who represent court investigators, specialists with
experience in performing assessments and coordinating community-based
services, and legal services programs for the elderly.
(d) The failure of any court or any employee or agent thereof, to
provide information to a conservator as required by this section does
not:
(1) Relieve the conservator of any of the conservator's duties as
required by this division.
(2) Make the court or the employee or agent thereof, liable, in
either a personal or official capacity, for damages to a conservatee,
conservator, the conservatorship of a person or an estate, or any
other person or entity.
(e) The information package shall be made available to individual
courts. The Judicial Council shall periodically update the
information package when changes in the law warrant revision. The
revisions shall be provided to individual courts.
(f) To cover the costs of providing the written information
required by this section, a court may charge each private conservator
a fee of twenty dollars ($20) which shall be distributed to the
court in which it was collected.