Temporary Conservatorship

(a)A temporary conservator under this Chapter shall determine that arrangements are necessary to provide the person with food, shelter, and care pending the determination of conservatorship. He shall give preference to COL622016 CH. 82 MENTALLY ILL PERSONS arrangements which allow the person to return to his home, family or friends. If necessary, the temporary conservator may require the person to be detained in a facility providing intensive treatment pending the determination of the petition for conservatorship. Any person so detained shall have the same right to judicial review set forth in Article 4 of this Chapter.

(b)Temporary conservatorship shall continue pending a hearing to consider the appointment of a conservator, the trial and any appeals, but in no event longer than one

(1)year. The powers of the temporary conservator shall be those granted in the decree, but in no event may they be broader than the power which may be granted a conservator.