BILL NUMBER: SB 156	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall

                        JANUARY 31, 2013

   An act relating to conservatorships.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 156, as introduced, Beall. Conservatorships: attorney's fees.
   Existing law provides for the administration of conservatorships.
Existing law requires a conservator to pay the reasonable expenses
incurred in the collection, care, and administration of the estate
from the principal and income of the estate, but requires court
approval for compensation of an attorney for the conservator.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would limit the ability of an attorney who
represents a conservator to charge a fee for managing a
conservatorship when the conservator challenges this management.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would limit the ability of an attorney who
represents a conservator to charge a fee for managing a
conservatorship when the conservator challenges this management.