California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Conservatorship of the Pers. of C.S. Sonoma Cnty. Pub. Conservator v. C.S., A145416 (Cal. App. 2015):
4. The doctrine of double jeopardy does not apply to conservatorship proceedings. (Conservatorship of Baber (1984) 153 Cal.App.3d 542, 549-550; contrast People v. Seel (2004) 34 Cal.4th 535, 542 [in criminal case, finding on appeal that evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction is comparable to an acquittal and bars a second trial].)
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