Q: Is there anyone that can help me with a conservatorship with little or no money for retainer?
My husband is suffering from cognitive decline and has lost almost everything. His employees and ex business partner have stolen so much from us.
A:
It depends on what you need. The Legal Aid Society and other agencies have free conservatorship clinics (I volunteer at the San Diego one); Google around. They normally only will do conservatorship of the Person, which gives you the right to run that person's life and medical decisions.
However, if you want conservatorship of the Estate, that is different and much harder and the clinics probably won't help you. Conservatorship of the Estate is what you need to run someone's financial and business decisions, cash their checks and buy/sell their property. You might not need that one if you have a Power of Attorney from him or if the accounts were in both of your names.
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