Conservatorship of the Person of G.M. CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. Prior Conservatorship Proceedings In January 2020, the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Guardian filed a petition for the appointment of a conservator of the person and estate over G.M., who was at the time in a criminal detention facility.2 The petition asserted G.M. had been hospitalized due to her unstable and deteriorated mental condition, had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, had been evaluated and determined to be gravely disabled, and was unwilling to or incapable of accepting treatment voluntarily. The court granted the petition and

1 Undesignated statutory references that follow are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 G.M. had been charged with vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594), defrauding an innkeeper (Pen. Code, § 537, subd. (a)(1)), and two counts of battery (Pen. Code, § 242).

2 appointed S.M., G.M.’s daughter, as conservator over her person only.3 S.M. petitioned to renew the conservatorship in late 2020, and the trial court granted the petition. S.M. filed another petition for renewal in late 2021, which the trial court also granted.

B. The Request to Renew the Conservatorship at Issue in This Appeal S.M. again…