Guardianship and Conservatorship
Guardianship or conservatorship concerns the legal appointment of a competent adult as guardian, guardian ad litem or conservator to assume the legal responsibility for a ward (a minor or incompetent or incapacitated adult) and the ward's estate. Legal issues include eligibility and applications for appointment, contested or involuntary appointments, performance or exercise of a guardian's fiduciary duties or obligations to the ward, breach of fiduciary duties, guardian's accounting of estate assets and termination of a guardianship.*
*Source: Lawyers.com




