LPS CONSERVATORSHIP overview 

Getting an LPS conservatorship is a long process and takes a lot of time between court and hospital consultations.  If your doctors has decided that your loved one needs long term assistance, he may initiate the proceedings for an LPS conservatorship.  Getting an LPS conservatorship means that you have the power to make psychiatric and general medical decisions on behalf of your loved one.  You can also decide where they may stay, even if it is a locked facility.  

A LPS conservatorship lasts for a year and needs to be renewed annually.  If it lapses, the conservatorship is automatically terminated and the person is restored their medical decision making.  

CONSERVATOR's Powers 

There are several additional powers that the may grant if you may become LPS conservator of your loved one.  

The rights are as follows... 
 

• The right to vote
• The right to make medical decisions unrelated to grave disability
• The right to possess a driver’s license
• The right to enter contracts 
• The right to own firearms

You may petition the court for any of these powers.  The judge will review the rights in question and grant you the powers if necessary.  Often most of these powers are suspended, but in most cases the right to vote is maintained.