LILLIAN F. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A026544.

160 Cal.App.3d 314 (1984)

206 Cal. Rptr. 603

LILLIAN F., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; FREDERICK C. KRETZ, As Public Guardian, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

September 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sheldon Portman, Public Defender, and David E. Kahn, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Donald L. Clark, County Counsel, and Harrison D. Taylor, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

NEWSOM, J.

Petitioner, Lillian F., is a conservatee in Santa Clara County. The Public Guardian of that county is her conservator. By this petition for extraordinary relief, she seeks to overturn a March 16, 1984, order of the Santa Clara County Superior Court which determined that she did not have the capacity to give written, informed consent to convulsive treatment. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5326.7, subds. (f) and...

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