Conservatorship of the Person of C.D. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

On October 24, 2023, the Public Guardian filed an ex parte petition to appoint a temporary conservatorship under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5350 et seq.) The Public Guardian was appointed temporary conservator the same day. A petition to establish conservatorship filed on November 2, 2023, alleged that C.D. was gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder and unable to provide for his own basic needs, food, clothing or shelter, and was unwilling or incapable of accepting treatment voluntarily. A hearing was held on November 21, 2023, and the court appointed the Public Guardian conservator of the person and estate. On March 29, 2024, C.D. requested rehearing. At a hearing on April 17, 2024, clinical psychologist Alicia Robinson opined that C.D. was unable to provide for his own food, clothing and shelter as a result of his mental illness, was still gravely disabled and should remain conserved. Robinson had interviewed C.D. not long before the hearing and had previously interviewed him in May 2023 for a conservatorship hearing that resulted in the termination of a previous conservatorship.2 She had also reviewed records from C.D.’s…