Poll: Are conservatorships a good thing?

Cherry

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Conservatorship is a legal concept in the United States of America which entails the process of electing someone to take care of a disabled individual. A conservatorship is when a designated person is assigned to manage a person's personal finances and/or estate. Conservatorship is usually established during a hearing before a judge. A person under conservatorship is termed a "conservatee," and the person who makes the choices a "conservator." If the conservator is appointed to make the conservatee's personal decisions, they are the conservator of the person. If the conservator manages the personal finances of the conservatee, then he or she is the conservator of the estate.

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What do you think? Are conservatorships a good thing? Should they be more commonplace in society? Do they benefit those who are not mentally sound enough to make their own life choices?

SebaMonster

Yes, why not?

Barbie.

i guess

Aden

You know what

that G.U.Y.

Yes, especially if the conservatee has a history of deranged behaviour.

Haus

I think there should be a third party to make sure the conservator isn't abusing their power. There are way too many possibilities of embezzlement and other illegal/immoral activity being in that position.