Prob. Code, § 1846 · Article 5. Special Provisions Applicable Where Proposed Conservatee Is a Missing Person
Prob. Code, § 1846
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
In addition to the other required contents of the petition, if the proposed conservatee is a person who is missing and whose whereabouts is unknown, the petition shall state all of the following:
(a) The proposed conservatee owns or is entitled to the possession of real or personal property located in this state. In a proceeding to transfer a conservatorship of a missing person to this state under Article 3 (commencing with Section 2001) of Chapter 8, this requirement is also satisfied if the petition states that the proposed conservatee owns or is entitled to the possession of personal property that is to be relocated to this state upon approval of the transfer.
(b) The time and circumstance of the person’s disappearance and that the missing person has not been heard from by the persons most likely to hear (naming them and their relationship to the missing person) since the time of disappearance and that the whereabouts of the missing person is unknown to those persons and to the petitioner.
(c) The last known residence of the missing person.
(d) A description of any search or inquiry made concerning the whereabouts of the missing person.
(e) A description of the estate of the proposed conservatee which requires attention, supervision, and care.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 553, Sec. 14. (SB 940) Effective January 1, 2015. Operative January 1, 2016, by Stats. 2014, Ch. 553, Sec. 29.
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