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Conservatorship is a legal term referring to the legal responsibilities of a conservator over the affairs of a person who has been deemed gravely disabled by the court and unable to meet their basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter. They are governed by the state's individual laws.
The 18th century legal writer Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, in an 1820 legal dictionary, defines "conservator of the peace" as a person who until the creation of the justices of the peace by King Edward III, had "an especial charge to see the king's peace kept" either as incident to other offices or of itself. [1]
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A conservatorship is a legal arrangement in which one or multiple guardians are appointed to make important decisions — often financial or health-related — for someone who is considered unable ...
Conservatorships have been at the center of the #FreeBritney movement and now Michael Oher's battle with the Tuohys. Legal experts explain.
A conservatorship may also apply to corporations and organizations. Spears was under a probate conservatorship, [citation needed] a type of conservatorship that mostly lasts indefinitely. [24] The conservatorship may be of the "estate", wherein the conservator manages the conservatee's financial affairs and other monetary transactions.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 43, which updates California’s conservatorship laws for the first time in more than 50 years. The new law, authored by Susan Eggman (D-Stockton), updates the ...
A judge ended the conservatorship and declined to dismiss the case in September 2023, [15] and the Tuohys later told the court they would remove all mentions to Oher being adopted from their website and public speaking advertisements. [16] Tuohy gave the commencement address at Christian Brothers University on May 14, 2010.