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Find out what responsibilities and duties you'll have if you become a limited conservator.

A conservatorship is when a judge appoints another person to act or make decisions for the person who needs help. The person the judge appoints is called the conservator. The person who needs the help is the conservatee.  A judge can only appoint a conservator if other less restrictive options won't work.

If you are in a conservatorship (a conservatee), you keep many rights and do not lose all your voice in the decisions that affect your life. You have the right to ask the judge to review the conservatorship or your conservator's actions. You have a right to an attorney.