Conservatorship of H.W. CA2/6

FACTS

On November 14, 2013, the Public Guardian filed a petition to be appointed the LPS conservator for H.W. After a January 15, 2014, court trial, the trial court granted the petition (the first conservatorship). H.W. appealed. On December 17, 2014, after a court trial, the trial court reappointed the Public Guardian as LPS conservator for H.W (the second conservatorship). H.W. appealed. In Conservatorship of Heather W. (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 378, we conditionally reversed the judgment on the second conservatorship because the trial court did not obtain a personal waiver from H.W. of her right to a jury trial. In March 2016, while the case was on appeal, the parties stipulated to a reversal of the judgment in the first conservatorship for the same reason. On October 29, 2015, the Public Guardian filed the instant petition seeking “reappointment” as “LPS conservator” for H.W. for the period December 20, 2015, to December 19, 2016 (the current conservatorship). On December 3, 2015, the trial court held a hearing where H.W. personally waived her right to a jury trial on the current conservatorship petition. At trial the Public Guardian amended the petition to state that a…