Conservatorship

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A conservatorship is a court proceeding that grants one or more people the authority to make financial or health-care decisions for another because of a mental or physical incapacity that renders a person unable to make informed and sound decisions. A conservatorship can be over the person, the estate, or both. The person appointed by the court to make decisions is called the conservator, and the person about whom decisions will be made is called the conservatee. Conservators are generally family members or a professional conservatorship company, and in some cases the Public Guardian’s office may be appointed. Regardless of who the conservator is, their duty is to act solely in the best interests of the conservatee. To ensure this, court evaluation, supervision and monitoring of the conservatorship is established.

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