SECTIONS 2700-2702 - California Statutes

PROBATE CODE

SECTION 2700-2702

2700. (a) 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.
(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 sent.
(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 personally delivered or mailed
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, the request is effective when it is
received.
(f) When the original of the request is filed with the court
clerk, it shall be accompanied by a written admission or proof of
service.

2701. (a) A request for special notice may be modified or withdrawn
in the same manner as provided for the making of the initial
request.
(b) A new request for special notice may be served and filed at
any time as provided in the case of an initial request.

2702. (a) Unless the court makes an order dispensing with the
notice, if a request has been made pursuant to this chapter for
special notice of a hearing, the person filing the petition, account,
or other paper shall give written notice of the filing, together
with a copy of the petition, account, or other paper, and the time
and place set for the hearing, by mail to the person named in the
request at the address set forth in the request, at least 15 days
before the time set for the hearing.
(b) If a request has been made pursuant to this chapter for
special notice of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of the
estate or of the filing of any other paper that does not require a
hearing, the inventory and appraisal or other paper shall be mailed
not later than 15 days after the inventory and appraisal or other
paper is filed with the court.