California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act.

The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law generally establishes the standards and procedures for the appointment and termination of an appointment for a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. The law specifically requires, before the appointment of either a guardian or conservator is effective, the prospective guardian or conservator to take an oath to perform these duties according to the law. This bill would enact, operative January 1, 2016, except as specified, the California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act which is intended to be a modified version of the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. This bill would provide standards and procedures for establishing the proper jurisdiction for a proceeding to appoint a conservator of a person, an estate, or both. The bill would also establish conditions for the transfer of a conservatorship established within this state to a jurisdiction outside the state, and a transfer of a conservatorship into this state, and for the registration and recognition by this state of a conservatorship established by another state, a United States territory, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or other specified jurisdiction. This bill would establish rules relating to the appeals from orders made under the California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act. This bill would authorize a $30 charge for registering a conservatorship established outside this state to be deposited into the Trial Court Trust Fund. This bill would authorize a court in a conservatorship proceeding to make specific requests of a court of another jurisdiction to take certain actions relating to that proceeding, including, but not limited to, holding an evidentiary hearing or ordering a person to produce testimony, and would further authorize a court in this state to grant similar requests from a court of another jurisdiction. This bill would require the Judicial Council to develop court rules and forms to implement the provisions of this act on or before January 1, 2016. This bill would modify, limit, and supersede specified portions of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as it relates to these provisions. This bill would also specify that the scope of the required oath obligates a guardian or conservator to comply with applicable laws, at all times, in any location within or without the state. This bill would make conforming changes to related provisions.