guardianship

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For 13 years until 2021, Spears was in a conservatorship – a legal guardianship under which her finances and personal life were controlled by her father.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

If your aunt’s attorney succeeds in his guardianship petition, it will make this process all the more challenging.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“Congress and veterans deserve immediate answers before VA and DOJ take any further action. Legal guardianship should be the last resort for veterans,” Blumenthal said in a statement to Salon.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

But guardianship and conservatorship are among the most sweeping legal interventions courts may impose on adults.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

But the important thing is that for today, they are granted, jointly, the guardianship, which is on track to not be temporary, of a person named Willow Chance.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan