DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS 1400-3925›PART 6. MANAGEMENT OR DISPOSITION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY WHERE SPOUSE LACKS LEGAL CAPACITY 3000-3154›CHAPTER 3. Proceeding for Particular Transaction 3100-3154›ARTICLE 2. Commencement of Proceeding 3110-3113
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California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) If a petitioning spouse is one whose legal capacity for the proposed transaction is to be determined in the proceeding, the court may do any of the following:
(1) Permit the spouse to appear without a representative.
(2) Appoint a guardian ad litem for the spouse.
(3) Take such other action as the circumstances warrant.
(b) If a petitioning spouse lacks legal capacity for the proposed transaction, the court may do either of the following:
(1) Require the spouse to be represented by the conservator of the spouse.
(2) Appoint a guardian ad litem for the spouse.
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
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