D.C.
Conservatorship of the Pers. v. D.C.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Grimes, J.
*489 D.C. appeals the appointment of a conservator under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS) ( Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq. ) after a jury found her to be gravely disabled due to a mental disorder. She contends the trial court failed to timely advise her of her right to a jury trial and improperly granted a conservatorship without an evidentiary hearing after her counsel submitted on the petition. She also claims the jury trial she received did not cure the prejudice of the denial of her right to an earlier trial; the order that she be medicated without her consent is not supported by substantial evidence; and ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
*490 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On August 14, 2017, the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Guardian filed a petition for the Appointment of Conservator of the Person and Estate for D.C. In support of the petition, the County filed an *849 application for a Mental Health Conservatorship Investigation, which included a declaration executed by two medical doctors recommending a conservatorship. The doctors declared D.C. had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, was unable to accept voluntary treatment, and a…