A conservatorship is the voluntary appointment of a court-sanctioned fiduciary. Although the person must have some need, by its very nature, the conservatee must have sufficient mental capacity to ask the court for a conservator to be appointed for them. Conservatorships are primarily used for the management of financial affairs. Conservatorships are quite effective when there are potential outside influences on the individual that could become undue or coercive. A conservatorship offers the additional protection and oversight of the court, which some situations may need. The conservator is accountable to the court for his or her actions. Conservatorship is also a very viable and less restrictive alternative to the appointment of a guardian of the property and should therefore be thoughtfully considered. Our firm is very experienced in the law of conservatorships and our members have successfully petitioned the court for conservatorship on behalf of a proposed conservatee and have also successfully advocated to have a conservatorship established as a lesser restrictive alternative and as a viable alternative to a guardianship.

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