PUBLIC GUARDIAN OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, as Conservator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent,
v.
ERIC B., Objector and Appellant.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 28, 2022.
April 28, 2022.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeremy T. Price , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Objector and Appellant.
Kim Pederson and Anne Hadreas for Disability Rights California, California Association of Mental Health Patients' Rights Advocates, California Public Defenders Association, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and Mental Health Advocacy Services as Amici Curiae on behalf of Objector and Appellant.
Jennifer B. Henning for the California State Association of Counties and California State Association of Public Administrators, Public Guardians, and Public Conservators as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and Respondent.
OPINION
CORRIGAN, J.—
The Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act (LPS Act; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.) authorizes one-year conservatorships for those gravely disabled by a mental disorder or chronic alcoholism. Conservatorship proceedings are civil in nature, so the constitutional...
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