Cal. PROB § 2700
This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 2700, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.
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Official statutory text
(a) (1) At any time after the issuance of letters of guardianship or conservatorship, the ward, if over 14 years of age or the conservatee, the spouse of the ward or the spouse or domestic partner of the conservatee, any relative or creditor of the ward or conservatee, or any other interested person, in person or by attorney, may file with the court clerk a written request for special notice.
(2) An “interested person” may include, but is not limited to, a family member of the conservatee not included in Section 1460 or a friend of the conservatee.
(b) The request for special notice shall be so entitled and shall set forth the name of the person and the address to which notices shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215.
(c) Special notice may be requested of any one or more of the following matters:
(1) Petitions filed in the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding.
(2) Inventories and appraisals of property in the estate, including any supplemental inventories and appraisals.
(3) Accounts of the guardian or conservator.
(4) Proceedings for the final termination of the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding.
(d) Special notice may be requested of:
(1) Any one or more of the matters in subdivision (c) by describing the matter or matters.
(2) All the matters in subdivision (c) by referring generally to “the matters described in subdivision (c) of Section 2700 of the Probate Code” or by using words of similar meaning.
(e) A copy of the request shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the guardian or conservator or to the attorney for the guardian or conservator. If personally delivered, the request is effective when it is delivered. If mailed or electronically delivered, the request is effective when it is received.
(f) If the original of the request is filed with the court clerk, it shall be accompanied by a written admission or proof of service.
(2) An “interested person” may include, but is not limited to, a family member of the conservatee not included in Section 1460 or a friend of the conservatee.
(b) The request for special notice shall be so entitled and shall set forth the name of the person and the address to which notices shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215.
(c) Special notice may be requested of any one or more of the following matters:
(1) Petitions filed in the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding.
(2) Inventories and appraisals of property in the estate, including any supplemental inventories and appraisals.
(3) Accounts of the guardian or conservator.
(4) Proceedings for the final termination of the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding.
(d) Special notice may be requested of:
(1) Any one or more of the matters in subdivision (c) by describing the matter or matters.
(2) All the matters in subdivision (c) by referring generally to “the matters described in subdivision (c) of Section 2700 of the Probate Code” or by using words of similar meaning.
(e) A copy of the request shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the guardian or conservator or to the attorney for the guardian or conservator. If personally delivered, the request is effective when it is delivered. If mailed or electronically delivered, the request is effective when it is received.
(f) If the original of the request is filed with the court clerk, it shall be accompanied by a written admission or proof of service.
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