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CONSERVATORSHIP OF SMITH

Docket No. A033206.

187 Cal.App.3d 903 (1986)

232 Cal. Rptr. 277

Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of ELSIE SMITH. STAN L. DIXON, as Public Guardian, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. ELSIE SMITH, Objector and Appellant.

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

December 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Steven B. Solomon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant.

Robert D. Curiel, County Counsel, and William J. Losh, Jr., Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner and Respondent.

OPINION

LOW, P.J.

(1a) We hold that a proposed conservatee suffering from a mental disorder is not "gravely disabled" for the purposes of conservatorship and possible involuntary confinement, under Welfare and Institutions Code section 5350,1 if he or she is capable of carrying out the transactions necessary for survival, including providing for food, clothing or shelter, with or without the...

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