Supreme Court of California

In a petition to establish a conservatorship of a person pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, the judgment of the court of appeal is affirmed where: 1) the superior court did not violate the LPS Act when it excused the individual's production and proceeded without him in attendance at a hearing to establish a conservatorship of his person; and 2) the superior court did not violate his due process rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2010
• Published 02/25/2010

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda M. Fabian, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Objector and Appellant., Morten P. Cohen for California Association of Mental Health Patients' Rights Advocates as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Objector and Appellant., Anne E. Menasche for Protection & Advocacy, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Objector and Appellant.