If a conservatorship is the proper approach, commencing a conservatorship is complex even in an uncontested proceeding. Almost any person with a relationship to the proposed conservatee can start the process. This includes a spouse, child, parent, relative, friend, even a creditor or a government official. The petitioner files a petition for conservatorship and the numerous ancillary documents setting forth the reasons why the court should appoint a conservator. Sometimes the factual situation is so dire that an immediate temporary conservatorship is necessary and services may include a petition for temporary conservatorship to be imposed while the court performs its investigation into the request for a permanent conservatorship. Once the conservatorship petition has been filed with the court, the petitioner then provides notice to the proposed conservatee and all persons entitled to notice of the proceeding. Thereafter, the court conducts its own pre-hearing investigation to make a recommendation to the court to either grant or deny the petition.

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At the hearing, the court takes into consideration the allegations set forth in the petition, the report findings and any other pleadings or written positions made by the petitioner, the proposed conservatee and others that may interject into the process. Ultimately the court will either grant or deny the petition.