Michael Oher conservatorship case raises more questions than answers, legal expert says

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Former NFL player Michael Oher, a first-round draft pick and the subject of the 2009 blockbuster film "The Blind Side," filed a petition Monday to end a nearly 20-year conservatorship with Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Tennessee family that claimed to have adopted him.

Oher revealed in those filings that he was never legally adopted by the family – a revelation he claimed to have discovered in February 2023 after alleging that he was misled about the conservatorship, believing that agreeing to it would grant him some sort of familial relationship.

Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher sits on the bench during the first half against the Buffalo Bills in Baltimore on Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Wass/File)

In the days that followed, more questions have been raised on both sides as the Tuohy family has denied all allegations, including that they used the conservatorship as a means to profit off Oher.

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Victoria Haneman, Frank J. Kellegher professor of trusts and estates at Creighton University School of Law and academic fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), spoke to Fox News Digital about conservatorship laws as they relate to Oher’s case.

"In the context of adults, a conservatorship is used to help somebody who lacks the capacity for medical or mental reasons to manage their own affairs," she said.

"In most states, there are conservatorships over one's physical person or the management of the person," Haneman continued. "And then you can also have a conservatorship over finances. In other