Conservatorship of Joanne R.

Filed 12/17/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

Conservatorship of the Person of B310906 JOANNE R. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. ZE043096)

RICHARD STUSSER, as Conservator, etc.,

Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

JOANNE R.,

Objector and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa R. Jaskol, Judge. Affirmed. Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant. Ellen S. Finkelberg for Petitioner and Respondent.

__________________________ Joanne R. is a conservatee subject to a conservatorship under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 5000 et seq.). Joanne contends the trial court provided her an inadequate jury trial waiver advisement and improperly induced her to waive her right to a jury trial by stating she could either have a court trial that day or a jury trial nine months later. Although we are concerned by the delay in providing conservatees jury trials during the COVID-19 pandemic, we conclude there was no violation of Joanne’s statutory right to a jury trial.…