Probate courts typically hear certain types of matters on certain days. This is true for especially larger courts that serve a larger population. Take for example, Orange County Superior Court's probate department located at the Betty Lou Lamoreaux Justice Center (Lamoreaux for the veterans). Lamoreaux is the location of the juvenile courts and also houses [...]
Estate Planning, Southern California Attorney
Category Archives: Conservatorships
More on Conservatorships.
A conservatorship is often a poor substitute for estate planning. With a proper estate plan in place including powers of attorneys, assets funded into a trust and so on — the hassles of a court oversight for a conservatorship can largely be avoided in most circumstances.
Moreover, the courts and the legislature are enacting more stringent [...]
WSJ: Adult Guardianship Cases Rise
The Wall Street Journal recently published some really good tips for avoiding or preventing conflict in adult guardianship proceedings. This came out in their Personal Journal section on August 17, 2006, for those of you who have online subscriptions to view the article on site.
Adult guardianship proceedings are called conservatorships in legal terminology.
Some of [...]
Can I Be Barred From Handling My Own Affairs?
The law requires that you have sufficient mental capacity to handle your own affairs. This includes making medical decisions for yourself and to entering into contracts for example.
To ensure that your affairs will be handled the way you want if you lose capacity, whether permanently or temporarily, you can prepare a power of attorney for [...]
A Living Trust May Avoid a Conservatorship.
A Living Trust can be used to hold title to your real property. Also, in a Living Trust, you appoint a Successor Trustee to manage your Living Trust in the event you are unable to do so by reason of death, incapacity or personal choice.
If you become incapacitated, your Successor Trustee will be able to [...]
Conservatorship in California…Getting Started.
A Conservatorship is a court proceeding where a judge appoints a person called a Conservator to care for another adult who cannot care for him or herself or his or her finances.
The adult needing such care is called a Conservatee.
There are 2 types of Conservators:
A Conservator of the Person cares for and protects the proposed [...]
Los Angeles Times Probe into Conservatorships.
Last November, the Los Angeles Times wrote a compelling, must read series delving into the ugly world of conservatorships involving private conservators. The series was titled Guardians for Profit. [A conservatorship is when someone seeks guardianship over an adult.]
Robin Fields was the lead reporter for this series. Today, I had the honor of listening to [...]
