OAN’s Avril Elfie
5:59 PM – Wednesday, April 10, 2024
A Los Angeles judge has appointed former talk show host Jay Leno as guardian of his wife, Mavis Leno, who has been diagnosed with dementia.
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According to documents obtained by fox news digitalLeno filed a petition in January claiming that his wife “lacks the necessary capacity to carry out her estate plan” due to her “severe neurocognitive impairment, including dementia.”
“I think she’s in the least restrictive environment. I think she’s taking very good care of Mr. Leno,” the judge said at the hearing, according to reports. people magazine. “Everything you are doing is right. We fully understand that these are difficult times.”
Mavis and Jay first met in the 1970s at Los Angeles’ famous Comedy Store. They then got married in 1980.
In an exclusive interview with fox news digitalcelebrity attorney Christopher C. Melcher, a partner at Walzer, Melcher & Yoda, revealed that Leno’s petition is intended to protect his wife in case Jay is unable to attend in person.
“Jay and Mavis have a living trust in their will, which was created before she developed dementia, and Jay worries that he might die before she does. No. Someone is going to have to manage these things,” Melcher said. “So he’s trying to make that plan now. She has dementia and she doesn’t have the capacity to consent to anything at the moment, so the only way to re-arrange their relationship is to go to court.” I need orders.”
In his petition in January, the former late-night show host described a “loving marriage of over 43 years” to his wife, 77, but said he had “always been in charge of the couple’s finances.” , “I want to assure you that Mavis has certainly taken control of the couple’s finances.” With enough assets under management to care for her, Jay should die before Mavis. ”
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