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PUBLIC GUARDIAN-CONSERVATOR
The goal of the Public Guardian-Conservator’s office is to insure the safety, both financially and physically, of incompetent and mentally disabled persons, who meet the criteria for conservatorship, as required by law, when there are no viable alternative to public conservatorship.
The objective of the Public Guardian-Conservator’s office is to provide conservatorship services to mentally and physically disabled, and to incompetent persons of the County of San Bernardino, as needed, to insure their continuing safety and well-being.
The Public Guardian-Conservator administers two types of conservatorship after appointment by the Superior Court of California:
Probate conservatorship: To qualify for this conservatorship an individual must be unable to provide for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing or shelter; unable to manage his or her own financial resources or resist fraud or undue influence. The initial referral is submitted to, and investigation is completed by, the Public Guardian-Conservator investigator. If a need is determined, the conservatorship petition is filed with the court by Public Guardian-Conservator staff. An individual may also nominate the Public Guardian-Conservator to act as a conservator on his or her behalf.
LPS (Lanterman, Petris, Short Act) conservatorship: To qualify for this conservatorship an individual must be gravely disabled. Grave disability is defined as, unable to provide for his or her basic personal needs for food, clothing or shelter, as a result of a mental disorder. The initial referral is submitted to, and the investigation is completed by, the Department of Behavioral Health. If need is determined, the conservatorship petition is filed with the court by the Department of Behavioral Health.
For more information on the Public Guardian-Conservator’s office please contact us at:
San Bernardino County Public Guardian
222 W. Brookside Avenue
Redlands, California 92373-4606
(909) 798-8500Click here for a printable list of PUBLIC GUARDIAN EMPLOYEES
