Michael Oher story: How a conservatorship differs from adoption

>> BACK TO YOU >> ALL RIGHT A LOT TO UNPACK HERE LET'S BRING IN CIVIL RIGHT ATTORNEY AND FORMER PROSECUTOR KRISTEN. GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS TUESDAY WE KNOW SEAN TUOHY CLAIM LAWYERS HAD ADVISED THE FAMILY THEY COULDN'T ADOPT OVER THE AGE OF 18 AND THE ONLY THING THE SAID HE COULD DO WAS A CONSERVATORSHIP. WHAT IS THE LEGAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO? >> WELL, IT HAS DIFFEREN PURPOSES IN THE LEGAL WORLD. ADOPTION IS MORE PERMANENT YOU LOOK AT THAT AS MORE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A CHILD AND THAT IS WHY ADOPTION REALL CANNOT TAKE PLACE AFTER 18 ONCE A PERSON BECOMES 18 THE BECOME A LEGAL ADULT AND THEREFORE ADOPTION WOULD NOT B A VIABLE LEGAL REMEDY. IN CONTRAST THE CONSERVATORSHI AND WE SAW THIS RECENTLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH BRITNEY SPEARS WHERE IT CREATE AGS LEGAL STRUCTURE WHERE A PERSON I APPOINTED TO OVER SEE AND MANAGE THE PERSONAL, FINANCIAL OR BOT ASPECTS OF ANOTHER PERSON'S LIFE AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE SO UNLIKE ADOPTION -- IT I INTERESTING BECAUSE THOSE AR TYPICALLY, THERE IS TYPICALL COURT OTHER SIGHT BUT IT DOE DEPEND ON THE JURIST DICTION THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITATION WITH IT THAT COME WITH IT. >> AND WHAT STICKS OUT TO YO MOST ABOUT THIS CASE I MEAN, IT IS QUITE TH ALLEGATION HERE. DOES IT SOUND UNUSUAL TO YOU THAT MICHAEL OHER ALLEGEDLY WENT ABOUT 20 YEARS WITHOUT KNOWING HE WAS IN A CONSERVATORSHIP? >> THAT IS REALLY HIGHLY ATYPICAL MAINLY BECAUSE USUALLY WIT CONSERVATORSHIPS THERE I CONSTANT COURT REVIEW AND OVER SIGHT. THERE IS PERIODIC ACCOUNTING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AND W SAW THIS WITH BRITNEY SPEARS WHERE SHE WAS WELL AWARE OF TH CONSERVATORSHIP. SHE MAY HAVE NOT LIKED IT BU SHE WAS WELL AWARE OF IT THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MR. OHER IS CLAIMING HERE. YOU HAVE TWO NOTABLE PUBLI FIGURES SO THE FACT HE IS IN THE DARK REALLY RAISES SOME RE FLAGS. IT COULD RAISE FLAGS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE IS BEING CANDID ABOUT HIS AWARENESS IT COULD RAISE FLAGS A

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Length: 2min 33sec (153 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 15 2023