Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson’s conservatorship case highlights an important — and sometimes necessary — estate-planning tip

Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson may soon be under a conservatorship following the diagnosis of a “major neurocognitive disorder,” such as dementia, not even a month after his wife died.The family filed for a conservatorship with the Superior Court of California on Feb. 14, and said in documents that the musician, 81, was unable to manage his everyday needs. His wife, Melinda, who died on Jan. 30 at age 77, was his caretaker because he was “unable to properly provide for his