California Probate Code

§ 1993

PROB § 1993 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 4 · Part 3 · Ch. 8 · Art. 2

Statute text

(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 court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a conservator for a proposed conservatee if, on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and the proposed conservatee does not have a home state.

(c)A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a conservator for a proposed conservatee if, on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and a court of the proposed conservatee’s home state has expressly declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 211. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.