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CONSERVATORSHIP AND #FREEBRITNEY
Victoria J. Haneman Frank J. Kellegher Professor of Trusts & Estates Creighton University School of Law Twitter @TaxLawProf
Glenn Francis, CC BY-SA 4.0
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California Probate Code Section 1800
(a) A conservator of the PERSON may be appointed for a person who is unable to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter, except as provided for the person as described in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 1828.5.
(b) A conservator of the ESTATE may be appointed for a person who is substantially unable to manage his or her own financial resources or resist fraud or undue influence, except as provided for that person as described in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 1828.5. Substantial inability may not be proved solely by isolated incidents of negligence or improvidence.
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California Probate Code Section 1800.3
(a) If the need therefor is established to the satisfaction of the court and the other requirements of this chapter are satisfied, the court may appoint: (1) A conservator of the person or estate of an adult, or both. (2) A conservator of the person of a minor who is married or whose marriage has been dissolved. (b) No conservatorship of the person or of the estate shall be granted by the court unless the court makes an express finding that the granting of the conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative needed for the protection of the conservatee.
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Abridged Timeline
February 2008 Regains some visitation rights with her children. March 2008 Guest appearance on “How I Met Your Mother.” Episode earns the show its highest ratings ever. 2008 Releases her sixth studio album, “Circus.”
2008 Sets a record in the “Guinness Book of World Records” as the youngest female artist to have five albums debut at No. 1.
March 2009 Embarks on the “Circus Tour,” which rakes in $131.8 million. May 2009 Confirms she is dating her agent, Jason Trawick. September 2010 TV’s “Glee” dedicates an episode to her. She makes a guest appearance as herself.
2011 Releases her 7th studio album, “Femme Fatale” + Femme Fatale Tour” opens May 2011 “Till The World Ends,” her second single, reaches No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. November 2013 Britney Jean is the 8th album recorded. December 2013 Her Vegas residency opened (four years, grossing $138 million) August 2016 Glory is the 9th album recorded. October 2019 She announced that Domination Vegas residency January 2019 She cancels Vegas residency and says she is on an “indefinite work hiatus.”
Jen from USA, CC BY 2.0
“From the little I saw and have seen of Britney Spears, there's no way she would, in my mind, qualify for conservatorship under normal circumstances.”
Don Slater, a California attorney specializing in conservatorships, in an interview with Vice.
Drew de F Fawkes, CC BY 2.0
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