The publicity surrounding Britney Spears’ ordeal and the resulting 'Free Britney' movement have given state and federal reform efforts a much-needed jolt, advocates say.
in September that would create an online database of guardianship information, including best practices, training materials and a compilation of state laws.to require professional overseers of others’ estates to post their fees online and establish punishments for conservatorship abuses. It also aims to eliminate conflicts of interest in which conservators are paid for legal fees out of their charges’ estates.
Katherine Perez, executive director of the Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation at Loyola Marymount University, supports the model based in part on her personal experiences in the conservatorship system. Her sister, Cindy, has an intellectual disability and was placed under the conservatorship of their parents and Perez; while they have her sister’s “best interest at heart,” she takes issue with the fact that her sister “legally has no autonomy.
About a dozen states and Washington, D.C., have passed laws establishing supported decision-making as legally enforceable arrangements. Casey also raised it as an alternative to some guardianships but said he leaned toward a limited role for the federal government.Advocates are pushing for other changes, including greater enforcement of existing laws, to address cases in which lawyers and judges shirk their obligations to those in conservatorships or guardianships.
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