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Title
Rules and Forms | Probate Conservatorship: Information for Conservatees (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
Probate Code section 1835.5 requires the court, within 30 days of appointing a conservator, to provide the conservatee with specified information, including a personalized list of rights retained by and withheld from the conservatee. Several statutes enacted over the past 10 years have also expanded and clarified the rights of all conservatees. In response to these changes to the law, the Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee recommends approving one form for optional use by courts to use to provide the information required by section 1835.5, revising the mandatory form used to give notice of the general rights of conservatees to update it, and revising the address attachment to the general notice form to conform to the revisions to the principal form.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2026:
1. Approve Personalized Information for Conservatee--Probate
(form GC-342) for optional use by courts to provide the information required by Probate Code section 1835.5;
2. Revise and retitle Notice of Conservatee’s Rights (form GC-341) as Notice of Conservatee’s Rights--Probate, update and reorganize the rights listed, and make technical and conforming stylistic changes; and
3. Revise and retitle Attachment to Notice of Conservatee’s Rights
(form GC-341(MA)) as Attachment to Notice of Conservatee’s Rights--Probate, add items for use to document recipients of form GC-341, and make technical and conforming stylistic changes.
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