{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5362","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5362","heading":"","body":"(a) The clerk of the superior court shall notify each conservator, his or her conservatee and the person in charge of the facility in which the person resides, and the conservatee’s attorney, at least 60 days before the termination of the one-year period. If the conservator is a private party, the clerk of the superior court shall also notify the mental health director and the county officer providing conservatorship investigation pursuant to Section 5355, at least 60 days before the termination of the one-year period. Notification shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 of the Probate Code. The notification shall be in substantially the following form:\nIn the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of ______\nThe people of the State of California No. ____\nConcerning Notice of Termination\nof Conservatorship\nThe people of the State of California to :\n(conservatee, conservatee’s attorney, conservator, and professional person in charge of the facility in which the conservatee resides, county mental health director, and county officer providing conservatorship investigation.)\nThe one-year conservatorship established for ____ pursuant to\nWelfare and Institutions Code Section ____ on ____ will\nterminate on ____. If the conservator, ____, wishes to\nreestablish conservatorship for another year he or she must petition\nthe court by ____. Subject to a request for a court hearing by jury\ntrial the judge may, on his or her own motion, accept or reject the\nconservator’s petition.\nIf the conservator petitions to reestablish conservatorship the\nconservatee, the professional person in charge of the facility in which\nhe or she resides, the conservatee’s attorney, and, if the conservator\nis a private party, the county mental health director and the county\nofficer providing conservatorship investigation shall be notified. If\nany of them request it, there shall be a court hearing or a jury trial,\nwhichever is requested, on the issue of whether the conservatee is\nstill gravely disabled and in need of conservatorship. If the private\nconservator does not petition for reappointment, the county officer\nproviding conservatorship investigation may recommend another\nconservator. Such a petition shall be considered a petition for\nreappointment as conservator.\nClerk of the Superior Court by Deputy\n(b) Subject to a request for a court hearing or jury trial, the judge may, on his or her own motion, accept or reject the conservator’s petition.\nIf the conservator does not petition to reestablish conservatorship at or before the termination of the one-year period, the court shall issue a decree terminating conservatorship. The decree shall be delivered to the conservator and his or her conservatee pursuant to Section 1215 of the Probate Code and shall be accompanied by a statement of California law as set forth in Section 5368.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]","CHAPTER 3. Conservatorship for Persons with a Grave Disability [5350. - 5372.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c804a0e8c3cf646f701891f3f71152e14ba19ca5c8b0d858752ea83d99bf5d32","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5361","next":"us-ca/wic-5363"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}