4000. Conservatorship Essential Factual Elements

4000. Conservatorship--Essential Factual Elements Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 [Name of petitioner] claims that [name of respondent] is gravely disabled due to [a mental disorder/impairment by chronic alcoholism] and therefore should be placed in a conservatorship. In a conservatorship, a conservator is appointed to oversee, under the direction of the court, the care of persons who are gravely disabled due to a mental disorder or chronic alcoholism. To succeed on this claim, [name of petitioner] must prove beyond a reasonable doubt all of the following: 1. 2. [3. That [name of respondent] [has a mental disorder/is impaired by chronic alcoholism]; [and] That [name of respondent] is gravely disabled as a result of the [mental disorder/chronic alcoholism][; and/.] That [name of respondent] is unwilling or unable voluntarily to accept meaningful treatment.] ________________________________________________________________________________ New June 2005; Revised June 2016