Conservatorship of C.V. CA5

INTRODUCTION

Appellant C.V. (appellant) appeals from the Tulare County Superior Court’s orders which granted a petition for conservatorship of her person and estate filed by petitioner, the Tulare County Public Guardian (petitioner), pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.), and the court’s subsequent dismissal of the LPS conservatorship and appointment of petitioner as temporary conservator over appellant’s estate in a probate conservatorship. On appeal, appellate counsel filed a brief that summarized the facts with citations to the record, raised no issues, and asked this court to independently review the record pursuant to Conservatorship of Ben C. (2007) 40 Cal.4th 529. Appellant did not file a supplemental brief on her own behalf. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On March 18, 2021, a petition was filed in Tulare County Superior Court case No. VPR050483, for appointment of petitioner as a temporary and general conservator over appellant’s person and estate. The petition alleged appellant was gravely disabled within the meaning of the LPS Act, and a hospital was the least restrictive and appropriate placement. On March 30, 2021,…