A conservatorship gives someone legal authority to manage another person’s financial or personal affairs. Here’s how it works ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jay Leno is the latest celebrity to put a spotlight on the legal arrangement known as a conservatorship, after the former "Tonight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three years after the height of the #FreeBritney movement, another controversial high-profile conservatorship has taken the ...

On June 23, Britney Spears gave a passionate testimonial to the California Superior Court in a plea to end her 13-year conservatorship. It’s quite clear that this has become an administrative burden ...

For many people, the term ‘conservatorship’ may, at best, raise fuzzy memories of pop star Britney Spears battling in court several years ago for control of her money as well as her personal and ...

Khristopher J. Brooks is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U.S.

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Jay Leno is the latest celebrity to put a spotlight on the legal arrangement known as a conservatorship, after the former "Tonight Show" host filed a petition for a conservatorship over his wife's ...

Three years after the height of the #FreeBritney movement, another controversial high-profile conservatorship has taken the limelight: that of Michael Oher and the Tuohy family. In a petition he filed ...