Annette Rodriguez Court Victim
“Civil Death” of Annette Rodriguez: Part 1 Annette Fled US to Escape Abuse by San Diego County Public Guardian Annette Rodriguez (age 24) has high functioning Autism. A cheerful and opinionated young woman, Annette graduated from high school, works for PostMates, and lives semi-independently. Annette needs some assistance with decision-making and with her daily routine. Annette’s mother, Sylvia Campa, is an energetic advocate for Annette’s rights. Sylvia works tirelessly to obtain legally mandated services from San Diego Regional Center (SDRC). Following advice from SDRC, Sylvia petitioned the court for conservatorship over Annette as Annette approached her eighteenth birthday. Many families report Regional Centers insist parents seek conservatorship, thus stripping basic civil rights from Regional Center clients. In 2019, Sylvia pressured SDRC to provide services that Annette needed. SDRC retaliated with an adverse report to Adult Protective Services, which led the court to suspend Sylvia from her role as Annette’s conservator. On November 25, 2020, Judge Jeffery Bostwick appointed San Diego County Public Guardian as temporary conservator over Annette. In the following months, the Public Guardian refused to communicate with Sylvia. Documents indicate the Public Guardian neglected Annette, violated court orders, violated Probate Code, and threatened to isolate Annette. On February 21, 2020, Annette fled the United States to her father’s home in Mexico. The Public Guardian responded by threatening Sylvia with prosecution for kidnapping. Conservatorship as Civil Death Often called civil death, conservatorship is a legal instrument that gives a conservator nearly absolute power over all aspects of the conservatee’s life. Congressman Claude Pepper made the following statement about conservatorship. By appointing a [conservator], the court entrusts to someone else the power to choose where they will live, what medical treatment they will get and, in rare cases, when they… Read More
