"She also has a conservatorship over her person, which controls where she can go, where she can live, who she can see and all of her health/medical needs.
Melcher says the conservatorship over her person is, in his mind, what is truly stifling. He calls it the “more extreme version” of the two — it's overseen by licensed conservator Jodi Montgomery — and it's really 'only put in place for people who are unable to provide basic necessities for themselves or can be a danger to themselves.'
He calls it 'a rare thing to have a conservatorship over the person. These are people who are gravely disabled... It takes away her liberty interests. And what greater right do we have as humans than liberty? You'd think that would be the one to go first and argued against.'"
~ S. Byrne
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