Conservatorship and Estate of N.B. CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

N.B. has a long history of mental health issues. She has been on two prior LPS conservatorships with the Yolo County Public Guardian (Public Guardian) from February 26, 2010, to March 12, 2012, (case No. LPSQ 10-014) and from August 12, 2012, to January 3, 2020 (case No. MH 2012-042). Although she was stable and treatment compliant at the end of each of these past conservatorships, once the conservatorships expired, she began refusing treatment and had increased symptomology and hospitalizations. On November 18, 2020, Dr. Alok Banga, a psychiatrist at Sierra Vista Hospital, referred N.B. for LPS conservatorship after she was admitted to the hospital. In his opinion, N.B. was gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder that prevented her from providing for her basic personal needs for food, clothing or shelter. Because N.B. was not aware of the nature of her grave disability, she was unable to understand the benefits, risks, and alternatives to treatment, and was not able to understand, or knowingly and intelligently evaluate the information necessary to provide informed consent. Dr. Banga thus recommended that various decisional…