Category: Conservatorship

The news about Britney Spears’ battle with her father to end his appointment of Guardian over Britney garnered its fair share of headlines. But Britney’s high profile guardianship battle was hardly the first and won’t be the last.

A recent study published in The Lancet, which is a weekly...

The news about Britney Spears’ battle with her father to end his appointment of Guardian over Britney garnered its fair share of headlines. But Britney’s high profile guardianship battle was hardly the first and won’t be the last.

A recent study published in The Lancet, which is a weekly...

Guardianship and conservatorship both refer to a legal relationship between one person (the guardian or conservator) and another person (the incapacitated person) where the guardian/conservator has the ability and responsibility to make decisions on the other’s behalf. The primary difference between these two roles is the types of decisions that a...

If a person becomes mentally or physically handicapped and can no longer make rational decisions about their person or their finances, his or her loved ones may consider a guardianship or a conservatorship whereby a guardian would make decisions concerning the physical person of the disabled individual, and conservators make decisions...

If a person becomes mentally or physically handicapped and can no longer make rational decisions about their person or their finances, his or her loved ones may consider a guardianship or a conservatorship whereby a guardian would make decisions concerning the physical person of the disabled individual, and conservators make decisions...

Guardianships and conservatorships are legal appointments by a Court whereby someone assumes responsibility for an individual who is unable to make decisions or to communicate effectively regarding their medical and/or financial matters.  Both procedures can be used for minors or adults and are very similar in what they can accomplish.