When you believe your parents can no longer take care of themselves and need proper physical and mental care, it’s essential to file conservatorship for their complete care. But filing a conservatorship in California requires completing numerous documents, and court hearings. Since the court arranges an investigation to determine whether the filed conservatorship is in the best interested of parents or not, you may need professional help.
Here, we have briefly given information on how to care for your parents and file a conservatorship in California.
What is conservatorship, exactly?
Before filing a conservatorship, it’s important to understand all terms and definitions used. A conservatorship is a legal relationship between the responsible person and parents. While the conservator is the responsible person who would take care, the conservatee is the parents who need care. The court grant permission to the conservator to take care of certain things that conservatee cannot handle themselves. This may include financial care besides personal care.
What are the duties of a conservator?
As a conservator, it becomes your duty to take care of conservatee’s health care, meals, clothes, transportation, housekeeping, and over-all well-being. It also includes where they will live, either together or at a care-giving center, and the type of recreation they will engage in. Financially, it becomes your duty to manage conservatee’s finances like income, bill payments, financial records, and filing financial records regularly with the court.
How to file conservatorship in California?
As mentioned, filing the conservatorship requires several documents and court hearings, the best option is to take professional help. Though you have an option to contact the local court to submit required forms such as letters of conservatorship and confidential supplement information, professional guides you thoroughly with the process. Therefore, connect with an advisor to file forms and complete court procedures.