A Los Angeles Times investigation in 2005 exposed deep flaws in California’s probate conservatorship system, which is meant to protect adults who cannot adequately see to their own needs or manage ...
For many people, the term ‘conservatorship’ may, at best, raise fuzzy memories of pop star Britney Spears battling in court several years ago for control of her money as well as her personal and ...
A landmark reform of California’s flawed probate system, spotlighted by the troubled Britney Spears case, is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. The legislation, Assembly Bill 1663, sailed unanimously ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a landmark probate reform bill that will make it more difficult to place someone into a court-ordered conservatorship, such as the arrangement that for years prevented ...
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A new law in California will require people who have entered into a conservatorship over someone else to submit a plan for the person's care and estate management to the conservatee, their lawyer, and ...
A Los Angeles Times investigation in 2005 exposed deep flaws in California’s probate conservatorship system, which is meant to protect adults who cannot adequately see to their own needs or manage ...