Probate staff may terminate a conservatorship of the person (with no conservatorship of the estate) on the conservator's Notice of Conservatee's Death (Form GC-399), and set an order to show cause hearing when staff learn of a death otherwise, when a reciprocal conservatorship review report cannot be obtained within four months, or when the conservatee cannot be located. Supersedes 2020-SJ-001-00.
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2023-SJ-004-00 [File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, MAY 19 2023, Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk, By: Lorena Becerra, Deputy] SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE MATTER OF THE COURT’S PERMISSION TO SET ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE STATUS OF CONSERVATORSHIP WHEN RECIPROCAL INVESTIGATION REPORT IS NOT OBTAINED AND TO TERMINATE CONSERVATORSHIP OF THE PERSON UPON NOTICE OF CONSERVATEES STANDING ORDER GRANTING PERMISSION TO SET ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE STATUS OF CONSERVATORSHIP AND TO TERMINATE CONSERVATORSHIP OF THE PERSON Upon the filing of a Notice of Conservatee’s Death (Judicial Council form GC-399) by the conservator, probate staff are hereby authorized to terminate the conservatorship of the person where there is no conservatorship of the estate provided said notice is submitted on mandatory Judicial Council form number GC-399 (Notice of Conservatee’s Death) and executed under penalty of perjury by the conservator as prescribed in Probate Code section 2361. Probate staff shall set on the assigned judicial officer’s calendar an Order to Show Cause hearing regarding the Termination of Supervision of a Conservatorship of a person when staff become aware of the death of a conservatee other than by filing of the mandatory Judicial Council form GC-399, including as a result of a Probate investigation. Probate staff shall set an Order to Show Cause hearing upon notice that the Probate Investigator is unable to obtain a Reciprocal Conservatorship Review Report within four (4) months after a request is made, or if there is no designated Probate Investigator in the state or county in which the conservatee resides. Probate staff shall also set an Order to Show Cause hearing upon notice from the Probate Investigator that a conservatee could not be located. The Probate Investigator shall notify staff promptly if a conservatee cannot be located after reasonable diligence by the Probate Investigator and, in any event, no later than four months after such notice. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this Standing Order supersedes any previous order related to the Standing Order# 2020-SJ-001-00, is effective immediately, and is to remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Probate and Mental Health Supervising Judge and/or Presiding Judge. DATED: May 19, 2023 Brenda Penny Supervising Judge, Probate and Mental Health Divisions STANDING ORDER – PROBATE CONSERVATORSHIP DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO SET ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE HEARING OR TERMINATE CONSERVATORSHIP [In the file stamp a deputy's signature is written over the clerk's surname and the deputy's printed name; both are read from the stamp's legible strokes.]
2023-SJ-004-00 [File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, MAY 19 2023, Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk, By: Lorena Becerra, Deputy] SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE MATTER OF THE COURT’S PERMISSION TO SET ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE STATUS OF CONSERVATORSHIP WHEN RECIPROCAL INVESTIGATION REPORT IS NOT OBTAINED AND TO
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/general-orders/LIBOPSProbate-8-GeneralOrderOrderGrantingPermissionToSetOrderToShowCauseReStatusOfConservatorshipAndToTerminateConservatorshipOfThePerson.pdf (166667 bytes, sha256 115e536c7248318b30b4414bd8451f1d75d506f54cc886a201d0b674e106fbf6; 2 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a page scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader, every six-word window of the transcription looked up in it and every miss checked on the page; the clerk's file stamp in one bracketed line, handwritten or stamped fills in place with a bracketed note, a running footer transcribed once, pleading line numbers and fill marks omitted; a signature itself is not transcribed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.