Dianne G. v. Hamlin CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

Dianne owns a home in Oakland where she lives with Roxanne, who suffers from a traumatic brain injury. Before these proceedings, Hamlin lived at Dianne’s house part time.2 Hamlin is Roxanne’s friend and when he

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions

Code. 2 Hamlin splits his time between Dianne’s home and his place in

Berkeley.

1 was at Dianne’s house he would support and engage with Roxanne and assist with her care. Roxanne has a limited conservatorship for which Dianne, Hamlin, and Roxanne’s uncle are co-conservators. Dianne had previously appointed Hamlin as her power of attorney and trustee of her trust upon her death.3 In January 2024, Dianne, then 70 years old, requested a restraining order against Hamlin pursuant to the Elder Abuse Act seeking protection for herself and Roxanne. According to the request, on January 8, 2024, Hamlin threw open her bedroom door and screamed at her because she brewed coffee at 5:00 a.m. She told him to leave and he refused, twice. He sat down in the doorway, blocking the only exit from the bedroom, and she called 911. She was “badly mentally shaken up.” (Capitalization omitted.) Dianne…