Did Conservatorship Help Or Harm Britney Spears & Amanda Bynes? w/ Martha Cohen Stine – Ask Dr. Drew – Episode 105

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4.3 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

#FreeBritney brought worldwide attention to conservatorships & ways the legal system can be abused. But are there cases where conservatorship is the best (and sometimes only) way to protect a vulnerable adult? Attorney and legal expert Martha Cohen Stine explains the pros and cons for families facing this difficult decision. Martha Cohen Stine is a founding partner of Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP and has focused exclusively in the field of family law for more than 25 years. Ms. Stine is an expert in conservatorships and amicable resolutions of family disputes, custody agreements, and prenuptial agreements. Learn more about Martha at https://CSKlawNY.com Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (http://twitter.com/firstladyoflove). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. SPONSORED BY • GENUCEL - Using a proprietary base formulated by a pharmacist, Genucel has created skincare that can dramatically improve the appearance of facial redness and under-eye puffiness. Genucel uses clinical levels of botanical extracts in their cruelty-free, natural, made-in-the-USA line of products. Get 10% off with promo code DREW at https://genucel.com/drew GEAR PROVIDED BY • BLUE MICS - After more than 30 years in broadcasting, Dr. Drew's iconic voice has reached pristine clarity through Blue Microphones. But you don't need a fancy studio to sound great with Blue's lineup: ranging from high-quality USB mics like the Yeti, to studio-grade XLR mics like Dr. Drew's Blueberry. Find your best sound at https://drdrew.com/blue • ELGATO - Every week, Dr. Drew broadcasts live shows from his home studio under soft, clean lighting from Elgato's Key Lights. From the control room, the producers manage Dr. Drew's streams with a Stream Deck XL, and ingest HD video with a Camlink 4K. Add a professional touch to your streams or Zoom calls with Elgato. See how Elgato's lights transformed Dr. Drew's set: https://drdrew.com/sponsors/elgato/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's right, everybody. Thanks so much for being here. We, of course, will be out, which I've got to set up right now on the Twitter spaces, which for some reason I did not start yet, but now I have.
0:13.2	And let me make sure the mic usually starts off off. Let me see. There we go. Let's get that on.
0:18.8	We'll be taking your calls there. Today we'll be speaking to an attorney who specializes in family law and amongst other things conservatorships, something that she is expert in and one of the world's experts, in fact, Martha Cohenstein. She is part of the legal firm. I'm going to get it for you right now.
0:40.0	Of course, I go straight to the,
0:43.7	well, I have to tell you when we go back, when we come back to the show for real, this is just a little tease, as we say. And I'm interested in this because there really is underutilization,
0:50.9	under ability to access these sorts of things in California. And of course, the Britney Spears case brought a lot of people to the four in terms of thinking
0:58.4	about conservatorship and what is the right way to apply these things.
1:02.2	So let's get right to it.
1:05.8	Our laws as it pertain to substances are draconian and bizarre.
1:10.2	The psychopaths start this friend.
1:11.3	He was an alcoholic because of social media and pornography, PTSD, love addiction.
1:16.1	Fentanyl and heroin.
1:17.3	Ridiculous.
1:18.4	I'm a doctor for a second.
1:19.9	Where the hell you think I learned that?
1:21.6	I'm just saying, you go to treatment before you kill people.
1:24.8	I am a clinician.
1:25.7	I observe things about these chemicals.
1:27.4	Let's just deal with what's real.
1:28.4	We used to get these calls on Loveland all the time.
1:30.9	Educate adolescents and to prevent and to treat.
1:33.5	You have trouble.
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