Q: Can conservatory keep family and friends from seeing or having phone calls if they want to?
A: If there has been a conservator appointed, that means that a judge has signed a written order explaining why a conservator was needed, and that order should also contain a specific description of the powers and authority granted to the person acting as the conservator. You need to read that court order to see what kind of authority the conservator has. Even if the order allows the conservator to restrict family from visiting, you can still go back to the judge who signed that conservatorship and ask for this to be changed by filing a petition requesting access to the ward. I think its highly unlikely that any Judge would allow one person to cut off access of other family, and doing so might even be enough reason to have that conservator replaced and a new conservator appointed.
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