Conservatorship of K.L. CA5

BACKGROUND

In 2014, K.L. was charged in Stanislaus County with various crimes (assault to commit rape on a minor, committing a lewd act on a child, and threatening a public official), but was found incompetent to stand trial. He was committed to a state hospital for treatment multiple times during the criminal proceedings; however, he was ultimately not restored to competency. In 2024, the public guardian petitioned the superior court to place him under an LPSA conservatorship (LPS conservatorship). (See LPSA, §§ 5008, 5350.) The trial court granted the petition and K.L. was placed under the conservatorship of the public guardian for a one-year period commencing on June 26, 2024, and ending on June 24, 2025. On April 11, 2025, Stanislaus County filed in the superior court, a conservatorship investigation report recommending renewal of the existing conservatorship over K.L. for an additional year. Thereafter, on May 9, 2025, the public guardian filed a verified “PETITION FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF LPS CONSERVATOR OF THE PERSON AND ESTATE [of K.L.]” (reappointment petition). The reappointment petition noted: “The [p]ublic [g]uardian of the County of Stanislaus [requests that it] be…