According to paperwork obtained by PEOPLE at the time, Jay initially applied for conservatorship for Mavis in January 2024 after disclosing that she had been diagnosed.
With “advanced dementia.” In order to guarantee that Mavis had “managed assets” to support her in the event of his death, he was requesting the petition to establish a living trust for her.
Ronald Ostrin, Mavis’ court-appointed attorney, submitted a report on Jay’s conservatorship petition in early April 2024, stating that.
Mavis “consents” to the notion. As a result, Ostrin officially requested that Jay’s petition be approved as conservator of his wife’s estate.
Dr. Hart Cohen, Mavis’ neurologist, said in the document that PEOPLE was able to access at the time that Jay is “such a nice man and treats [Mavis] like gold.”
“A standup guy,” according to Ostrin, the former Tonight Show host’s “private persona matches the public persona he projects.”
