GC-340 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: NAME: FIRM NAME: STREET ADDRESS: CITY: TELEPHONE NO.: E-MAIL ADDRESS: ATTORNEY FOR (name): STATE: FAX NO.: ZIP CODE: STATE BAR NO.: FOR COURT USE ONLY SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF STREET ADDRESS: MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: BRANCH NAME: CONSERVATORSHIP OF (name): CONSERVATEE ORDER APPOINTING SUCCESSOR PROBATE CONSERVATOR OF THE PERSON Limited Conservatorship CASE NUMBER: ESTATE WARNING: THIS APPOINTMENT IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL LETTERS HAVE ISSUED. 1. The petition for appointment of successor conservator came on for hearing as follows (check boxes c, d, e, and f or g to indicate personal presence): a. Judicial officer (name): b. Hearing date: c. d. e. Petitioner (name): Attorney for petitioner (name): Attorney for (Name): (Address): person cited the conservatee on petition to appoint successor conservator: (Telephone): Time: Dept.: Room: f. g. present. unable to attend. Person cited was The conservatee on petition to appoint successor conservator was able but unwilling to attend. out of state. present. not present. THE COURT FINDS 2. All notices required by law have been given. 3. Granting the conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative needed for the protection of the conservatee. 4. (Name): a. b. c. a. b. c. d. 6. 7. 8. is unable properly to provide for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter. is substantially unable to manage his or her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence. has voluntarily requested appointment of a conservator and good cause has been shown for the appointment. is an adult. will be an adult on the effective date of this order. is a married minor. is a minor whose marriage has been dissolved. There is no form of medical treatment for which the conservatee has the capacity to give an informed consent. The conservatee is an adherent of a religion defined in Probate Code section 2355(b). Granting the successor conservator powers to be exercised independently under Probate Code section 2590 is to the advantage and benefit and in the best interest of the conservatorship estate. The conservatee cannot communicate, with or without reasonable accommodations, a desire to participate in the voting process. Page 1 of 3 Probate Code, §§ 1830, 2688 www.courts.ca.gov 5. The conservatee Do NOT use this form for a temporary conservatorship. Form Adopted for Mandatory Use Judicial Council of California GC-340 [Rev. January 15, 2016] ORDER APPOINTING PROBATE CONSERVATOR (Probate--Guardianships and Conservatorships) American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com GC-340 CONSERVATORSHIP OF CASE NUMBER: (name): CONSERVATEE 9. 10. 11. 12. The conservatee has dementia as defined in Probate Code section 2356.5, and the court finds all other facts required to make the orders specified in item 28. Attorney (name): has been appointed by the court as legal counsel to represent the conservatee in these proceedings. The cost for representation is: $ all none a portion of this sum (specify): $ The conservatee has the ability to pay The conservatee need not attend the hearing. The appointed court investigator is (name): (Address and telephone): (For limited conservatorship only) The limited conservatee is developmentally disabled as defined in Probate Code section 1420. The successor conservator is a professional fiduciary as defined by Business and Professions Code section 6501(f). The successor conservator holds a valid, unexpired, unsuspended license as a professional fiduciary issued by the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau of the California Department of Consumer Affairs under chapter 6 (commencing with section 6500) of division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. License no.: Issuance or last renewal date: Expiration date: 13. 14. 15. 16. (Either a, b, or c must be checked): a. The successor conservator is not the spouse of the conservatee. b. c. The successor conservator is the spouse of the conservatee and is not a party to an action or proceeding against the conservatee for legal separation, dissolution, annulment, or adjudication of nullity of their marriage. The successor conservator is the spouse of the conservatee and is a party to an action or proceeding against the conservatee for legal separation, dissolution, annulment, or adjudication of nullity of their marriage. It is in the best interest of the conservatee to appoint the spouse as successor conservator. 17. (Either a, b, or c must be checked): a. b. c. The successor conservator is not the domestic partner or former domestic partner of the conservatee. The successor conservator is the domestic partner of the conservatee and has neither terminated nor intends to terminate their domestic partnership. The successor conservator is the domestic partner or former domestic partner of the conservatee and intends to terminate or has terminated their domestic partnership. It is in the best interest of the conservatee to appoint the domestic partner or former domestic partner as conservator. successor (Telephone): THE COURT ORDERS 18. a. (Name): (Address): is appointed b. (Name): (Address): successor conservator limited conservator of the PERSON of (name): and Letters of Conservatorship shall issue upon qualification. (Telephone): is appointed 19. 20. a. b. c. successor conservator limited conservator of the ESTATE of (name): and Letters of Conservatorship shall issue upon qualification. The conservatee need not attend the hearing. Bond is not required. Bond is fixed at: $ Deposits of: $ to be furnished by an authorized surety company or as otherwise provided by law. are ordered to be placed in a blocked account at (specify institution and location): and receipts shall be filed. No withdrawals shall be made without a court order. Additional orders in attachment 20c. GC-340 [Rev. January 15, 2016] ORDER APPOINTING PROBATE CONSERVATOR (Probate--Guardianships and Conservatorships) Page 2 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com GC-340 CONSERVATORSHIP OF CASE NUMBER: (name): CONSERVATEE 20. (cont.) d. The successor conservator is not authorized to take possession of money or any other property without a specific court order. 21. For legal services rendered, conservatee conservatee's estate shall pay the sum of: $ to (name): (specify terms, including any combination of payors): forthwith as follows Continued in attachment 21. 22. 23. The conservatee is disqualified from voting. The conservatee lacks the