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Prob. Code, § 2581 · Article 10. Substituted Judgment

Prob. Code, § 2581

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Notice of the hearing of the petition shall be given, regardless of age, for the period and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1460) or Part 1 to all of the following:

(a) The persons required to be given notice under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1460) of Part 1.

(b) The persons required to be named in a petition for the appointment of a conservator.

(c) So far as is known to the petitioner, beneficiaries under any document executed by the conservatee which may have testamentary effect unless the court for good cause dispenses with such notice.

(d) So far as is known to the petitioner, the persons who, if the conservatee were to die immediately, would be the conservatee’s heirs under the laws of intestate succession unless the court for good cause dispenses with such notice.

(e) Such other persons as the court may order.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 862, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.

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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=2581.
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