- Wilson’s conservatorship will take care of his personal and medical needs
- An LA Superior Court judge ruled Wilson could no longer take care of himself
- Wilson’s family requested the arrangement after the death of his wife Melinda
The Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson will have a conservatorship set up to care for his personal and medical needs, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday.
Judge Gus T. May determined that the 81-year-old singer–songwriter required a court conservatorship, citing what his doctors described as a ‘major neurocognitive disorder,’ according to ABC News.
The ruling comes just under three months after Wilson’s family and caregivers requested that a conservatorship be set up to care for the rock and roll icon.
According to them, he has been suffering from dementia, which was exacerbated following the January death of his wife Melinda — who had cared for many of his needs — at the age of 77.
‘I find from clear and convincing evidence that a conservatorship of the person is necessary,’ the judge declared at the hearing.
The Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson, 81, will have a conservatorship set up to care for his personal and medical needs, an LA Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday, according to ABC News; seen with his late wife Melinda, who died in January at 77, in 2013
May determined that Wilson could no longer effectively make his own medical decisions, prompting the creation of the conservatorship.
However, unlike with other infamous cases of high-profile stars being put under the care of a conservatorship, the Beach Boys leader has allegedly consented to the plan.
The judge previously appointed the attorney Robert Frank Cipriano to represent Wilson’s interests in court, and in a report Cipriano authored he said Wilson agreed that the conservatorship was necessary for him, and he was satisfied with the conservator picks.
May installed two of Wilson’s longtime employees, his manager LeeAnn Hard and his publicist Jean Sievers, as his conservators after his family previously requested that they share that role.
There were previously concerns about potential disagreements between Wilson’s daughters Carnie and Wendy Wilson after they requested a delay at a hearing on April 30 while they tried to come to an agreement with Hard and Sievers.
However, the sisters — who constitute two-thirds of the band Wilson Phillips — seemed to smoothed out any issues and didn’t voice any objections by Thursday’s hearing.
They had requested — via their attorney — that all seven of Wilson’s children be notified on a text chain about any changes in their father’s condition, and they requested to be consulted before any medical decisions were made for him. The judge granted their request.
Despite concerns about his increasing needs for care, Cipriano’s report noted that his home — where he lives with two of his daughters and a longtime caregiver — was ‘impeccably well maintained.’
Although Wilson has increasing mobility issues, he can still get around with the use of a walker and help from his caregiver.
The report also detailed significant memory issues. According to Cipriano, Wilson can no longer name five of his seven children, though he was still able to name the two daughters he has been living with.
The former hitmaker was ‘mostly difficult to understand,’ and he gave only ‘very short responses’ when spoken to.
Unlike other infamous high-profile conservatorship cases, Wilson reportedly consented to the arrangement; Wilson (far left) pictured with Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and David Marks of The Beach Boys in 1962
A report by a court-appointed attorney representing Wilson’s interests said he agreed that a conservatorship was needed; pictured in 2018 in Los Angeles
Two of his longtime employees, his manager LeeAnn Hard and his publicist Jean Sievers, were appointed as his conservators. Wilson said he trusts their judgment; pictured in 2015
The attorney representing Wilson’s interests says he can only remember two of his seven daughters’ names — the two he lives with — and he is allegedly difficult to understand and only speaks in clipped sentences; pictured in 2015 on The View with his late wife Melinda
