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 ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A probate judge in Santa Cruz County has terminated the conservatorship of Marie Bergum, a California woman with an intellectual disability. Bergum, who is represented by the ...

An FBI probe is examining alleged corruption in Detroit’s probate court, involving a judge and missing funds tied to a 91-year-old woman.

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 ...

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 ...

Before you invest time and money into probate avoidance strategies, it's worth taking a step back to understand whether this ...