Conservatorship Of Angela D.

70 Cal.App.4th 1410 (1999)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

D is a 20-year-old severely developmentally disabled woman, who additionally is subject to epileptic seizures and suffers from diabetes. In July 1996, Ps were appointed coconservators of the person and estate of their daughter, D. Their letters of conservatorship granted them authority to give consent to medical treatment for D, subject to the limitations stated in section 2356. In September 1997, Ps filed a petition seeking an order for sterilization. Ps had been advised that if D were to become pregnant 'it would initiate an event of seizures which would result in [her] death, and also the death of the fetus.' D could not be placed on any form of birth control because of the medications she was required to take to control her seizures and her diabetic condition, and that when contraceptive therapy had been tried, she had reacted adversely. The court appointed counsel for D and ordered Inland Regional Center to prepare a report pursuant to section 1955. Appointed counsel and everyone else involved in the case felt that the evidence was overwhelming that it's in D's interest to do it. A hearing was held. At the close of the hearing, the court issued its ruling, enumerating the elements that were required to be established under section 1958 and concluding that they had been established beyond a reasonable doubt. The court granted the petition and ordered that the sterilization of D was to be accomplished as soon as was practical. The court then issued a stay pending the automatic review.