It’s often said that art imitates life. If that’s true of the popular movie, I Care a Lot, life can get pretty scary in the world of conservators and conservatorship.
Conservatorship is designed to protect a person who has, for any number of reasons, become incapable of managing his or her financial and/or personal affairs. Most people create a Designation of Conservator as a standard part of their estate planning.
In I Care a Lot, however, the film’s writers twist that idea to tell a rather dark (if humorously presented) story about what might happen if someone were to take advantage of such a situation.