When Families Fight: Financial Elder Abuse, Conservatorships, and Estate Litigation

Families don’t call Matt Talbot when things are going well. They call when grief, money, and long-simmering tensions rise to the surface. He helps clients navigate conservatorships, financial elder abuse, and complex estate litigation. In this episode, Matt discusses the emotional weight of handling kidnapping cases across state lines, the challenge of proving financial abuse when the victim can no longer speak for themselves, and how the Britney Spears case fundamentally changed California conservatorship law. He candidly shares how repeated exposure to family disasters has made him both emotionally hardened to client trauma and deeply committed to preserving his own family relationships. Matt reflects on the importance of getting evidence upfront, managing clients who want to "go nuclear" on family relationships, and why sometimes the best thing for a client isn't indulging their emotions. Matt Talbot is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law. This episode is hosted by Katya Valasek. Mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Seton Hall Learn more about Boston University School of Law Learn more about Blueprint Learn more about Haynes Boone LLP Access LawHub today!

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When Families Fight: Financial Elder Abuse, Conservatorships, and Estate Litigation is an episode from LST's I Am The Law by Kyle McEntee.

This episode is 35:31 long.

This episode was published on Nov 12, 2025.

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