The recent attention on conservatorships was heightened last fall, when at Ingham’s request, the judge appointed Bessemer Trust to act as co-conservator along with her father. That order has yet to ...

As the pop star publicly states a desire to "end" a conservatorship that's been in place since 2008, legal pros analyze her path out of it: "This has the potential to make some precedent." By Ashley ...

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 ...

Leading up to a Nov. 12 hearing, experts anticipate much of the activity will center on which documents must be turned over to the new temporary conservator of the estate. By Ashley Cullins Senior ...

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 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 ...