Jay Leno is the latest celebrity to put a spotlight on the legal arrangement known as a conservatorship, after the former "Tonight Show" host filed a petition for a conservatorship over his wife's ...

Three years after the height of the #FreeBritney movement, another controversial high-profile conservatorship has taken the limelight: that of Michael Oher and the Tuohy family. In a petition he filed ...

On June 23, Britney Spears gave a passionate testimonial to the California Superior Court in a plea to end her 13-year conservatorship. It’s quite clear that this has become an administrative burden ...

Khristopher J. Brooks is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U.S.

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For many people, the term ‘conservatorship’ may, at best, raise fuzzy memories of pop star Britney Spears battling in court several years ago for control of her money as well as her personal and ...

Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle who inspired the movie “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock, has filed a petition in a Tennessee court saying the couple he thought had adopted him were ...