The will is handwritten or the terms aren't clear A beneficiary or heir is a minor without a guardian or conservator The court needs to supervise the entire process An heirship hearing is required Probate assets include real estate or land (real property) The decedent had a very large esta...
A conservatorship exists when a guardian of sorts, known as a conservator, is appointed to oversee the financial affairs, and sometimes daily life, of another person, the conservatee. They are put in place by the courts due to someone's inability to oversee their affairs themselves, be it b...
In most cases the guardian and conservator is the same person. ...Any person 18 years of age or older may be a guardian; the harder question is who should be the guardian. Often parents will petition the probate or surrogate court to be the guardians of their child and usually the petit...