Conservatorship of the Person of J.M. CA6

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The following factual summary is derived from the conservatorship petition, supporting documents and hearing testimony. J.M. is 55 years old. He has never been married and has no children. His parents and siblings are deceased. He owns no significant financial assets. J.M. has been diagnosed with severe schizophrenia; his symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, grandiosity, paranoia, poor impulse control, poor insight, disorganized thought process and assaultive behavior. At a Riese1 competency hearing, J.M.’s treating psychiatrist testified that J.M. believes he owns a successful pest-control business and “five million homes” in Gilroy, where he purports to live with his wife and twin daughters and plans to build a guest house for his parents. He maintains he has been kidnapped, “set up” and confined in a retirement home (actually a psychiatric facility) by two men who stole his driver’s license and his substantial retirement savings. He has also claimed to be Jesus and that he has been kept against his will because his doctor does not believe in Jesus. J.M. denies suffering from any mental illness, refuses to take prescribed anti-…