Jay Leno Files for Conservatorship of Wife’s Estate After Her Devastating Diagnosis

In a reminder that shadows fall over the lives of the rich and famous, comedian 📺Jay Leno has revealed that his 77-year-old wife, Mavis, suffers from dementia.

On Friday, Leno cited dementia as the reason he was seeking a conservatorship of his wife’s estate, according to NBC.

“Unfortunately, Mavis has been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years,” the petition for the conservatorship states.

The petition wants the court’s permission for Leno to develop a plan for her will that Leno believes his wife would want done if she could.

“As Mavis’s current condition renders her incapable of executing the estate plan, Jay has petitioned the Court to be appointed conservator of Mavis’s estate for the sole purpose of filing a petition for substituted judgment on her behalf in order to ensure her desires concerning the disposition of her assets upon her death are realized,” the petition said.

The petition noted that in their 43 years of marriage, Leno always handled the finances.

Court documents say that Leno believes his wife consents to the arrangement, and that she would not want anyone else to be named as conservator in his stead.