Conservatorship of M.C. CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant is one of M.C.’s five children. M.C. was diagnosed with a major neurocognitive disorder as defined in Probate Code section 2356.5, subdivision (a)(1). In December 2021, appellant petitioned for appointment of conservator of M.C. (person only), and the trial court appointed him temporary conservator with expiration in April 2022. The Ventura County court investigator later filed a report with the court. The report contained details of the investigator’s interviews and recommendations to the court. In May 2022, the trial court appointed the Ventura County Public Guardian as the permanent conservator of M.C. (person only). The court subsequently appointed the Public Guardian as conservator of M.C.’s estate. In May 2023, appellant petitioned to remove the Public Guardian as conservator of M.C. (person only) and to appoint him as successor conservator. Appellant alleged that M.C. was a 93-year-old woman with “minor dementia” and that the court appointed the Public Guardian as conservator “due to family tragedy” and because “her relatives abandon[ed] her.” He also

1 The public defender representing M.C. filed a joinder to the Public Guardian’s…