Legal Opinion
Conservatorship of Lefkowitz
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 19, 1996No. E015785PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McKINSTER, Acting P. J.
A conservatee’s son appeals from an order approving the conservator’s final accounting over the son’s objections. Finding that certain fees ordered to be paid by the conservatee’s estate were compensation for services which were rendered for the personal benefit of the conservator rather than for the benefit of the conservatee, we modify the order by deducting the amount of the improper fees and affirm the order as modified.
Factual and Procedural Background
In 1994, Bertha Lefkowitz, the conservatee, was 87 years old and residing in a convalescent center in San…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Guardianship of CookinghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
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