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Probate Code
DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS [1400 - 3925]

DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS

1400-3925

PART 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

1400-1490

CHAPTER 1. Short Title and Definitions

CHAPTER 2. General Provisions

CHAPTER 3. Notices

CHAPTER 4. Appointment of Legal Counsel

CHAPTER 5. Transitional Provisions

PART 2. GUARDIANSHIP

1500-1611

CHAPTER 1. Establishment of Guardianship

1500-1543

ARTICLE 1. Nomination of Guardian

ARTICLE 2. Appointment of Guardian Generally

ARTICLE 3. Nonrelative Guardianships

CHAPTER 2. Termination

CHAPTER 3. Permanent and Stable Home

PART 3. CONSERVATORSHIP

1800-1970

CHAPTER 1. Establishment of Conservatorship

1800-1849.5

ARTICLE 1. Persons for Whom Conservator May Be Appointed

ARTICLE 2. Order of Preference for Appointment of Conservator

ARTICLE 3. Establishment of Conservatorship

ARTICLE 4. Special Provisions Applicable Where Proposed Conservatee Is an Absentee

ARTICLE 5. Special Provisions Applicable Where Proposed Conservatee Is a Missing Person

CHAPTER 2. Periodic Review of Conservatorship

CHAPTER 3. Termination

CHAPTER 4. Legal Capacity of Conservatee

1870-1901

ARTICLE 1. Capacity to Bind or Obligate Conservatorship Estate

ARTICLE 2. Capacity to Give Informed Consent for Medical Treatment

ARTICLE 3. Capacity of Conservatee to Marry

CHAPTER 5. Disqualification From Voting

CHAPTER 6. Sterilization

CHAPTER 7. Unwarranted Petitions

PART 4. PROVISIONS COMMON TO GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP

2100-2893

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

CHAPTER 2. Jurisdiction and Venue

2200-2217

ARTICLE 1. Jurisdiction and Venue

ARTICLE 2. Change of Venue

CHAPTER 3. Temporary Guardians and Conservators

CHAPTER 4. Oath, Letters, and Bond

2300-2341

ARTICLE 1. Requirement of Oath and Bond

ARTICLE 2. Letters

ARTICLE 3. Bonds of Guardians and Conservators

ARTICLE 4. Professional Fiduciaries

CHAPTER 5. Powers and Duties of Guardian or Conservator of the Person

CHAPTER 6. Powers and Duties of Guardian or Conservator of the Estate

2400-2595

ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Support and Maintenance of Ward or Conservatee and Dependents

ARTICLE 3. Payment of Debts and Expenses

ARTICLE 4. Estate Management Powers Generally

ARTICLE 5. Compromise of Claims and Actions; Extension, Renewal, or Modification of Obligations

ARTICLE 7. Sales

ARTICLE 8. Notes, Mortgages, Leases, Conveyances, and Exchanges

ARTICLE 9. Investments and Purchase of Property

ARTICLE 10. Substituted Judgment

ARTICLE 11. Independent Exercise of Powers

CHAPTER 7. Inventory and Accounts

2600-2633

ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Inventory and Appraisal of Estate

ARTICLE 2.5. Examination Concerning Assets of Estate

ARTICLE 3. Accounts

ARTICLE 4. Accounts on Termination of Relationship

CHAPTER 8. Compensation of Guardian, Conservator, and Attorney

CHAPTER 9. Removal or Resignation

2650-2662

ARTICLE 1. Removal of Guardian or Conservator

ARTICLE 2. Resignation of Guardian or Conservator

CHAPTER 9.5. Appointment of Successor Guardian or Conservator

2670-2689

ARTICLE 1. Appointment of Successor Guardian

ARTICLE 2. Appointment of Successor Conservator

CHAPTER 10. Requests for Special Notice

CHAPTER 12. Transfer of Personal Property out of State

CHAPTER 14. Notification to Court by Institutions

PART 5. PUBLIC GUARDIAN

2900-2955

CHAPTER 1. Taking Temporary Possession or Control of Property

CHAPTER 2. Prefiling Investigation by Public Guardian

CHAPTER 3. Appointment of Public Guardian

CHAPTER 4. Administration by Public Guardian

CHAPTER 5. Financial Abuse of Mentally Impaired Elders

2950-2955

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Estate Protection

PART 6. MANAGEMENT OR DISPOSITION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY WHERE SPOUSE LACKS LEGAL CAPACITY

3000-3154

CHAPTER 1. Definitions and General Provisions

3000-3023

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. General Provisions

CHAPTER 2. Management, Control, and Disposition

3051-3092

ARTICLE 1. Management, Control, and Disposition Generally

ARTICLE 2. Substitute for Joinder or Consent Requirements

ARTICLE 3. Enforcement of Support of Spouse Who Has Conservator

CHAPTER 3. Proceeding for Particular Transaction

3100-3154

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Commencement of Proceeding

ARTICLE 3. Petition

ARTICLE 4. Citation and Notice of Hearing

ARTICLE 5. Hearing and Order

ARTICLE 6. Consummation of Transaction

PART 7. CAPACITY DETERMINATIONS AND HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR ADULT WITHOUT CONSERVATOR

PART 8. OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS

3300-3803

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

CHAPTER 2. Money or Property Belonging to Minor

3400-3413

ARTICLE 1. Total Estate Not in Excess of $5,000

ARTICLE 2. Property in the Form of Money

CHAPTER 3. Compromise by Parent of Minor’s Disputed Claim

CHAPTER 4. Money or Property Paid or Delivered Pursuant to Compromise or Judgment for Minor or Incompetent Person

3600-3613

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Disposition of Money or Other Property Where No Guardianship or Conservatorship

CHAPTER 5. Property of Absent Federal Personnel

3700-3722

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. Court Proceeding to Set Aside Personal Property of Absentee

ARTICLE 3. Management and Disposition of Personal Property of Absentee Without Court Proceeding

ARTICLE 4. Absentee’s Power of Attorney

CHAPTER 6. Removal of Property of Nonresident

PART 9. CALIFORNIA UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

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