S.H.
S.H. v. County of Shasta CA3
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
S.H. has had numerous psychiatric hospitalizations and had previously been under conservatorship. The California Highway Patrol concluded she was a danger to herself or
1 others and placed her on a 72-hour hold under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act). (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 5000, 5150.) She was recertified for an additional 14-day hold. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5250.) She has refused to take her medications. On July 14, 2021, the County of Shasta sought a declaration from the court regarding S.H.’s capacity to give informed consent to medication. After considering the treating physician’s declaration, the trial court found she did not have the capacity to give informed consent to medication and could be required to accept such medication.
DISCUSSION
In Ben C., the California Supreme Court concluded that Wende and Anders1 procedures are not mandated in an appeal of a judgment for a conservatorship of the person under the LPS Act. (Ben C., supra, 40 Cal.4th at pp. 536-537.) We decline to exercise our discretion to review the record for error.
DISPOSITION
The appeal is dismissed.
KRAUSE , J.
We concur:
HULL , Acting P. J.