A clear description of a conservator’s responsibilities and duties are outlined in the Conservatorship Handbook published by the Judicial Council of California.

In general, conservatees keep the right to: Control their own salary; Make or change their will; Get married; Get mail; Have a lawyer; Ask a judge to change conservators; Ask a judge to end the conservatorship; Vote, unless a judge says they’re not able to; Control personal spending money if a judge says they can [...]

A conservator of a PERSON is responsible for making sure that the conservatee has proper food, clothing, shelter and health care. The conservatee may live with the conservator or elsewhere.

A conservatorship is a court process whereby the judge gives an individual the right to control another adult, their property, or both.

To become a conservator for another individual, you must file a petition and the court has to approve it.