Democratic Sens. House Republicans called for a hearing on the issue in the spring, and U. And once the decision is made, there is no annual expiration and renewal process for the arrangement. Instead, she wants to see more resources for less restrictive treatments that address trauma and the need for housing.
She also wants the law to outline less restrictive options that must be attempted prior to conservatorship, including a process called supportive decision making. Critics of the probate system, in particular, have long warned of abuse. In , the Los Angeles Times published an investigation highlighting widespread abuses within the conservatorship system.
In response, the Legislature passed a series of revisions in But many of the promised changes and increased oversight were never funded due to the economic recession, Assemblymember Low said. Most experts agree it is more difficult to get someone onto a Lanterman-Petris-Short conservatorship, in part because those can curtail rights more severely — often involving locked placements and use of involuntary psychotropic medication.
Because of this, many family members who are trying to get loved ones with serious mental illness onto such conservatorships want to see standards loosened. Teresa Pasquini , whose adult son Danny has been under a Lanterman-Petris-Short conservatorship for 20 years, said she watched him suffer through arrests and homelessness and violence for years, and worried he would eventually die.
She fought for the conservatorship that she says has allowed him to stabilize and get the care he needs. But he, like some disability rights advocates, thinks her case points to problems within the system. Many people who work within the conservatorship systems argue that the process works—it just lacks resources. House said she thinks the public should worry less about the mechanics of the process, and more about budget cuts.
A shortage of funding for conservators is also a problem, she said. For three years in a row, Hughes said, her organization has asked the state for money to address that issue without success. News Politics California Politics. The Britney effect: How California is grappling with conservatorship. Britney Spears' father said Monday that he opposes his temporary replacement as conservator of his daughter's estate and repeated his support for ending her conservatorship.
He added that Zabel's being an accountant doesn't make him "'highly qualified' to serve as a fiduciary, especially as a conservator. Zabel would have to do," Jamie Spears said in his filing. In a supplemental filing Monday to a petition to end the conservatorship, Jamie Spears reiterated his support for suspending the court-approved arrangement entirely, which he admitted would make all of the other pending petitions and following responses "moot.
Spears, a reported alcoholic and gambling addict, with zero financial background or experience in financial matters, who previously filed for bankruptcy and has a Domestic Violence Restraining Order currently in effect against him. In a court filing Monday, Rosengart cited the claims as further evidence that Jamie Spears should be removed. A petition to replace him with a professional accountant, which was filed in July, will be reviewed by a judge Wednesday.
Spears and if nothing else, they magnify the need to suspend Mr. Spears immediately. Jamie Spears filed a petition this month to terminate the conservatorship entirely, which the judge is also expected to review this week. The termination petition asked the court to end the legal guardianship without further psychological evaluation, which Britney Spears asked for in her June 23 testimony. Spears get through a major life crisis, rehabilitate and advance her career, and put her finances and her affairs in order.
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