ARTICLE 2. Jurisdiction [1991. - 1999.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 553, Sec. 20.

§§ 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…