CHAPTER 8. Interstate Jurisdiction, Transfer, and Recognition: California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act [1980. - 2033.]

Chapter 8 added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 553, Sec. 20.

§§ 1980–2033 · 35 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 1980–1986 · 7 sections

   • § 1980 (a) By enacting this chapter, it is the Legislature’s intent to enact a modified version of the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings…
   • § 1981 (a) (1) This chapter does not apply to a minor, regardless of whether the minor is or was married. (2) This chapter does not apply to any proceeding in which a…
   • § 1982 In this chapter: (a) “Adult” means an individual who has attained 18 years of age. (b) “Conservatee” means an adult for whom a conservator of the estate, a…
   • § 1983 A court of this state may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this article and Articles 2, 3, and 5.
   • § 1984 (a) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter. The court may allow the parties to…
   • § 1985 (a) In a conservatorship proceeding in this state, a court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following: (1)…
   • § 1986 (a) In a conservatorship proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be…
2. ARTICLE 2. Jurisdiction §§ 1991–1999 · 9 sections

   • § 1991 (a) In this article: (1) “Emergency” means a circumstance that likely will result in substantial harm to a proposed conservatee’s health, safety, or welfare,…
   • § 1992 For a conservatorship proceeding governed by this article, this article provides the exclusive basis for determining whether the courts of this state, as…
   • § 1993 (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a conservator for a proposed conservatee if this state is the proposed conservatee’s home state. (b) A…
   • § 1994 (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 1993 has special jurisdiction to do any of the following:…
   • § 1995 Except as otherwise provided in Section 1994, a court that has appointed a conservator consistent with this chapter has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction…
   • § 1996 (a) (1) A court of this state having jurisdiction under Section 1993 to appoint a conservator may decline to exercise its jurisdiction if it determines at any…
   • § 1997 (a) If at any time a court of this state determines that it acquired jurisdiction to appoint a conservator because of unjustifiable conduct, the court may do…
   • § 1998 If a petition for the appointment of a conservator of the person, conservator of the estate, or conservator of the person and estate is brought in this state…
   • § 1999 Except for a petition for the appointment of a conservator under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1994, if a petition for the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Transfer of Conservatorship §§ 2001–2003 · 3 sections

   • § 2001 (a) A conservator appointed in this state may petition the court to transfer the conservatorship to another state. (b) The petitioner shall give notice of a…
   • § 2002 (a) (1) To confirm transfer of a conservatorship transferred to this state under provisions similar to Section 2001, the conservator shall petition the court…
   • § 2003 If a conservatorship is transferred under this article from a court of this state to the court of a California tribe or from the court of a California tribe to…
4. ARTICLE 4. Registration and Recognition of Orders from Other States §§ 2011–2019 · 9 sections

   • § 2011 If a conservator of the person has been appointed in another state and a petition for the appointment of a conservator of the person is not pending in this…
   • § 2012 If a conservator of the estate has been appointed in another state and a petition for a conservatorship of the estate is not pending in this state, the…
   • § 2013 If a conservator of the person and estate has been appointed in another state and a petition for a conservatorship of the person, conservatorship of the…
   • § 2014 (a) At least 15 days before registering a conservatorship in this state, the conservator shall provide notice of an intent to register to all of the following:…
   • § 2015 Upon registration of a conservatorship pursuant to this article, the court shall provide the conservator with written information concerning a conservator’s…
   • § 2016 (a) Upon registration of a conservatorship order from another state and the filing by the conservator of an acknowledgment of receipt of the written…
   • § 2017 (a) A third person who acts in good faith reliance on a conservatorship order registered under this article is not liable to any person for so acting if all of…
   • § 2018 (a) A file-stamped copy of the registration documents required by Section 2011, 2012, or 2013 may be recorded in the office of any county recorder in this…
   • § 2019 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article: (a) A conservatorship order of a court of a California tribe can be registered under Section 2011, 2012,…
5. ARTICLE 5. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 2021–2024 · 4 sections

   • § 2021 In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among…
   • § 2022 This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Title 15 (commencing with Section 7001) of…
   • § 2023 (a) On or before January 1, 2016, the Judicial Council shall develop court rules and forms as necessary for the implementation of this chapter. (b) The…
   • § 2024 (a) This chapter applies to conservatorship proceedings begun on or after January 1, 2016. (b) Articles 1, 3, and 4 and Sections 2021 and 2022 apply to…
6. ARTICLE 6. Federally Recognized Indian Tribe §§ 2031–2033 · 3 sections

   • § 2031 For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “California tribe” means an Indian tribe with jurisdiction that has tribal land located in California. (b) “Indian tribe…
   • § 2032 Article 2 (commencing with Section 1991) does not apply to a proposed conservatee who is a member of an Indian tribe with jurisdiction.
   • § 2033 (a) If a petition for the appointment of a conservator has been filed in a court of this state and a conservator has not yet been appointed, any person…