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Each state has its own rules for guardianships and conservatorships.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

While Fairweather thinks that legal guardianships and conservatorships can be necessary, she emphasized that they would only be acceptable in “extremely severe cases with really good oversight.”

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Civil liberties advocates have long warned that guardianships can expand far beyond their original intent.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

The VA said the guardianships might be needed for “hundreds of veterans who are unable to make their own healthcare decisions and have no family or legal representation to help them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

This organization can be understood by the example of England, which formed a province divided into seven guardianships, containing, as we learn from another source, in 1256, forty-nine houses with twelve hundred and forty-two friars.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles