Conservatorships are a legal concept governed by state law whereby a court appoints a person or organization called a conservator to care for another person, a conservatee, who is deemed incapable of caring for themselves or their financial affairs. The state of California, in particular, differentiates between the so-called Lanterman-Petris-Short conservatorships (used for individuals with serious mental illness who need special care) and probate conservatorship, which can be either temporary or permanent and covers the personâs life, estate, or both.
When a judge made Britney Spearsâ controversial probate conservatorship permanent after eight months, People magazine ran quotes from sources that stated, âThis is by no means something thatâs going to last foreverâ and that âPeople shouldnât read too much into the word âpermanentâ.â Now in 2021, with the #FreeBritney movement growing, The New York Timesâ âFraming Britney Spe