Cher seeks conservatorship over son Elijah Blue Allman amid addiction concerns

Cher has returned to court asking a judge to place her 49-year-old son, Elijah Blue Allman, under a temporary conservatorship as she argues his addiction and mental-health crisis have become severe enough to endanger his finances and safety. Her filing says Allman’s situation has turned “dire on multiple fronts,” with thousands of dollars in property damage, mounting debt to a heroin dealer and no clear ability to manage his estate.

The renewed petition escalates a fight that has already played out in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Cher first sought a temporary conservatorship over Allman’s estate in December 2023, warning that trust payments from his late father, Gregg Allman, could be spent immediately on drugs. Allman opposed the move and told the court he was drug-free, did not need his mother’s help, had tested negative on three drug and alcohol tests and had attended 15 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings since the previous March. On January 29, 2024, the court rejected Cher’s bid, finding insufficient evidence.

The latest filing says the circumstances have worsened. Cher’s lawyers say Allman is now hospitalized in a psychiatric facility and faces two pending criminal cases. The petition seeks control of his estate through a temporary conservatorship, not necessarily a full personal conservatorship, underscoring the legal distinction between managing finances and taking broader control over an adult’s life. In conservatorship disputes, that line is often the central question: whether family members and courts are protecting an incapacitated adult, or overriding the autonomy of someone who still has legal rights.

The filing also points to new encounters with law enforcement in New Hampshire. On February 28, 2026, Concord police said Allman was arrested at St. Paul’s School in Concord after allegedly acting belligerently in the school dining hall. Police said he was charged with two counts of simple assault, criminal trespass, criminal threatening and a disorderly conduct violation. St. Paul’s School declined to comment. No attorney information for Allman was immediately available in the New Hampshire case.

Cher is 79 and Allman is her only child with Gregg Allman, who died in 2017. He is also the half-brother of Chaz Bono. The renewed petition reopens a highly scrutinized family dispute that goes beyond celebrity and into a familiar legal and ethical question: when addiction, mental illness and family control collide, how much authority should a court give to relatives over an adult’s money, medical care and independence.