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A third person (not the proposed conservator) must personally serve written notice of the proposed conservatorship on the conservatee. This notice consists of a citation and a copy of the petition for conservatorship. Family members of the conservatee must also be notified.
Q: Can a guardian and conservator be the same person? Yes, a ward may have either a guardian or conservator, although he or she will usually have both. A minor or incapacitated person who is incapable of handling his or her own personal affairs will usually be incapable of managing financial matters.
The conservator, by assuming the responsibility for these matters, becomes legally accountable to the court. There are two types of conservatorship managed by the Public Guardian: Lanterman-Petris Short (LPS) Conservatorships and Probate Conservatorships.
The law updated the definition of gravely disabled for those eligible for a conservatorship to include people who are unable to provide for their personal safety or necessary medical care, in addition to food, clothing, or shelter.
You may only become a guardian in California by being appointed by the court. There are basically two types of guardianships, guardianship of the person - meaning legal custody and responsibility for the minor, and guardianship of the minors estate - meaning legal responsibility to manage the minors assets.

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People under conservatorship are stripped of their civil liberties and their autonomy. Conservatees are at risk of abuse and exploitation by their conservatorships.
The keydifference between conservatorship and guardianship is that a guardianship applies to a minor and a conservatorship to an adult; otherwise they are very similar.

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