Shasta County Public Guardian v. R.R.

Summary

The California Court of Appeal affirmed the reappointment of the Shasta County Public Guardian as conservator of R.R. It held that R.R. forfeited her hearsay challenge to an expert’s testimony by failing to object at trial and could not establish ineffective assistance of counsel on the record. The court also held that the renewed conservatorship properly began on the date of the reappointment order rather than the day after the prior conservatorship expired.

Holdings

1. R.R. forfeited her appellate challenge to the admission of Dr. Mahoney's hearsay testimony because she did not object in the trial court.
2. A renewed conservatorship begins on the date the superior court appoints or reappoints the conservator, not automatically on the day after the prior conservatorship expires.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court erred by admitting Dr. Mahoney's testimony relating case-specific hearsay from R.R.'s medical records when R.R. did not object at trial.
2. Whether R.R. was entitled to have the renewed conservatorship begin automatically on the day after the prior conservatorship expired rather than on the date the superior court reappointed the conservator.

Disposition

affirmed