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Cal. Prob. Code § 1872

Capacity to Bind or Obligate Conservatorship Estate

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Marriage of Greenway CA4/3 (2013)

Most recently applied in 248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 244 - Armuress Sapp v. Rogers (June 2019)

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the appointment of a conservator of the estate is an adjudication that the conservatee lacks the legal capacity to enter into or make any transaction that binds or obligates the conservatorship estate.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in the order of the court appointing a limited conservator, the appointment does not limit the legal capacity of the limited conservatee to enter into transactions or types of transactions.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.