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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

Conservatorship of the Person of M.C. 2d Civil No. B330445 (Super. Ct. No. 56

- 2021

- 00560735

- PR

- CP

- OXN) (Ventura County)

HSINHWEI JOSEPH CHOU,

Petitioner and Appellant,

v.

PUBLIC GUARDIAN OF VENTURA COUNTY, as Conservator, etc.

Objector and Respondent.

Appellant Hsinhwei Joseph Chou appeals from an order denying his petition s to remove the Ventura County P ublic2

G uardian (Public Gu a rdian) as conservator of his mother , M.C.,

and instead appoint him successor conservator

. 1 We affirm. 2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Appellant is one of M.C.’s five children. M.C. was diagnosed with a major neurocognitive disorder as defined in Probate Code section 2356.5, subdivision (a)(1). In December

202 1 , a ppellant petitioned for appointment of conservator of M.C. (person only)

, and the trial court appointed him temporary conservator with expiration in April 2022. The Ventura County court investigator later filed a report
with the court. The report contained details of the investigator’s

interview s and recommendations to the court

. In May 2022, the trial court appointed the Ventura County Public Guardian as the permanent conservator of M.C. (person only). T he court subsequently appointed the P ublic G uardian as conservator of M.C.’s estate. In May 2023, appellant petitioned to remove the P ublic

G uardian as conservator of M.C. (person only ) and to appoint him

as successor conservator. Appellant alleged that M.C. was a

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- year

- old woman with “minor dementia” and that the court appointed the P ublic G uardian as conservator “due to family tragedy” and because “her relatives abandon[ed] her. ” He also

1 The public defender representing M.C. filed a joinder to the Public Guardian’s respondent brief.

2 We grant r espondent’s motion to augment filed May 9,
2024. We deny appellant’s motion for judicial notice filed on July 10, 2024

, because we do not review documents not presented to the trial court. ( Vons Companies, Inc. v. Seabest Foods, Inc. (1996) 14 Cal.4th 434, 444, fn. 3.)3

alleged M.C.’s relatives stole and concealed her money. Appellant declared that he was a “better fit conservator” than the

P ublic G uardian because he could provide a better level of ca re , and that the costs of Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center

, where M.C. resided, was high and the quality of care was “poor.” The Ventura County court investigator filed a second
report , which contained details regarding M.C.’s status

, description s of the investigator’s interview s , and

recommendations to the court

. A fter the hearing, the trial court denied a ppellant’s petition s and vacated the hearing on the petition for appointment

of successor conservator.
DISCUSSION Appellant contends the trial court erred in denying the petition s to remove the P ublic G uardian as conservator and appoint him as successor conservator. We disagree. “The Probate Code authorizes appointment of a ‘conservator of the person’ if clear and convincing evidence shows that the conservatee cannot provide properly for physical health, food, clothing or shelter needs; a ‘conservator of the estate’ may be appoint ed if the conservatee is substantially unable to manage financial resources, or resist fraud or undue influence. (§ 1801.)” ( Conservatorship of B.C. (2016) 6 Cal.App.5th 1028, 1034.) A

trial court ’ s decision regarding appoint ment of a conservator is

reviewed for substantial evidence. ( Conservatorship of Ramirez (2001) 90 Cal.App.4th 390, 401.) “In making that determination, we view the entire record in the light most favorable to the trial

court ’ s findings. [Citations.] We must resolve all conflicts in the

evidence and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the findings. [Citation.]” ( Ibid. )4 S ubstantial evidence supports the trial court’s orders. We reviewed the two confidential investigator ’s reports and conclude

that the evidence therein is substantial to support the court’s rulings maintaining the Public Guardian as the conservator of M.C.’s person and estate

. Furthermore, we have no reporter’s transcript of the hearing on the petition s to remove the Public Guardian as

conservator and appoint a successor conservator

. It is appellant’s

burden to show error

. That includes provid ing an adequate record from which the claimed error may be demonstrated. The failure to present such a record supports affirmance of the trial
court’s order. ( Maria P. v. Riles (1987) 43 Cal.3d. 1281, 1295

- 1296 .)
DISPOSITION The judgment is affirmed. Respondent shall recover costs on appeal.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

BALTODANO, J.

We concur:

GILBERT, P. J.

YEGAN, J.Roger L. Lund, Judge

Superior Court County of Ventura

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Hsinhwei Joseph Chou, in pro. per., for Petitioner and Appellant. Tiffany N. North, County Counsel, Mitchell B. Davis, Assistant County Counsel , for Objector and Respondent.

Claudia Y. Bautista

, Public Defender, and William Quest, Deputy Public Defender, for Conservatee.