Monterey County, CA Public Guardian office has power and it abuses it. We lived many miles away from our relative and we were in the process of moving her to our home. The 10 person board and care and the county wanted her money and they did not want her to leave so they "conserved" her, bypassed immeidate family, nominated themselves for the job (and then charged $27,000.00 for the first year's fees), bypassed the power of attorney and people she nominated to be her conservators in her health care directive proxy.Immediate family is supposed to have priority and standing under the law.The courts do exactly what the county wants. The froze all her money and took her identification. After the temporary over the telephone conservatorship, she was drugged with an anti psychotic drug Zyprexa known to be dangerous to seniors. Then they told us we could not take her out of the facility even for a drive. Mrs. Rose never got to see her home again. Then they sold all the antique furniture some of which we said was ours and all of it was our interhitance. This is a scam and a scandal and evil. Be sure to place someone you trust on your bank accounts and on deeds to your home. The Monterey county CA public conservators scammed Mrs Rose of everything. She died skin and bones looking like a POW with open lesions and severe brusing, a pauper and alone. The county still won't send us her old clothes and personal items. The took everything. Vultures and criminals. The system is corrupted from the top to the bottom. A watch dog group is needed.Thank you for your condolences. Johnny