Conservatorship of D.P. CA2/5
The Public Guardian of the County of Los Angeles (the County) filed a petition under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Welfare and Institutions Code section 5350 et seq. (LPS Act), to be appointed the conservator of appellant D.P., alleging he was gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder. The trial court found that D.P. was gravely disabled and appointed the County as conservator. Following a subsequent jury trial at which D.P. was also found to be gravely disabled, the trial court issued an order confirming the conservatorship.
On appeal from the order confirming the conservatorship, D.P. contends the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury to begin deliberations anew after it replaced a juror with an alternate. D.P. also contends there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding that he was gravely disabled.
We hold that any error in instructing the jury after the substitution of the alternate juror was harmless and that the evidence was suf
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