OAKLAND, CALIF.—California estate planning, family law, and other attorneys who handle conservatorship and guardianship cases now have two powerful new practice tools available to help them every step of the way.

Continuing Education of the Bar-California (CEB) has just published California Conservatorship Practice and California Guardianship Practice, comprehensive, detailed, and practice-oriented resources that guide attorneys through the myriad procedural and ethical issues that arise in handling these types of cases.

California Conservatorship Practice is unparalleled in its breadth and depth of coverage of conservatorship proceedings, taking the attorney from initial contact to evaluation of whether a conservatorship is needed or whether an alternative to a conservatorship may be preferable.

Attorneys will find complete coverage of petitioning for appointment of a conservator, carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the conservator (including fixing the conservatee's residence, making medical decisions, and filing the inventory and appraisal and accounts). Different aspects of estate management are covered in four chapters. Substituted judgment petitions, legal capacity of the conservatee, representing the conservatee, compensation, termination, limited conservatorships, and LPS conservatorships are covered in separate chapters. The authors provide detailed instructions for filling out the many Judicial Council forms used in conservatorships, as well as a wealth of attorney-drafted petitions, tables, and checklists to aid the practitioner.

California Guardianship Practice delivers thorough coverage of every aspect of guardianships, including the process of evaluating whether a guardianship is needed, considering what alternatives might be appropriate, and deciding on who should be the guardian. The authors offer practical advice for every step in the guardianship proceeding, including inventory and appraisal, accountings, duties and responsibilities of the guardian for estate management and care of the person of the minor, and termination. Family law, personal injury, and other attorneys who handle guardianship cases will find a wealth of attorney-drafted forms, tables, checklists, and detailed instructions for filling out Judicial Council forms used in guardianship proceedings.

California Conservatorship Practice (ES33520, approx. 1300 pages, 2 looseleaf volumes, 2005, $209) is available in print and/or online. California Guardianship Practice (ES33530, approx. 850 pages, softcover, 2005, $99) is available in print. To purchase these titles, call CEB Customer Service at 1-800-232-3444 or visit ceb.com. CEB, a California nonprofit continuing legal education provider and publisher founded in 1947, is part of the University of California and is co-sponsored by the State Bar of California. For more information, visit ceb.com.

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Note to Editors: For a free review copy of California Conservatorship Practice or California Guardianship Practice, contact Jill Goetz at (510) 302-2132; refer to priority code 7344A.