Jay Leno opens up on filing for conservatorship over his wife Mavis' estate as she battles Alzheimer's disease

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jay Leno is facing challenging times as his wife Mavis Leno is battling dementia.

On Friday, January 26, the 73-year-old comedian filed for conservatorship over his wife following her Alzheimer's diagnosis, according to the New York Post.

Jay Leno says he set up a will 'in case something happens' 

Leno recently shed light on their journey amid adversity as he gave an update on his wife's condition while he was driving with two male pales.

The former late-night host gave a thumbs-up from the driver's seat of his car as he said, "She's fine. Everybody’s good, we’re doing well."

"[I] set up a will, in case something happens," he continued.

The couple tied the knot in 1980 and have no children.

Inside Jay Leno's conservatorship filing

According to TMZ, Leno filed legal documents for conservatorship on January 26 to become a conservator of his wife Mavis' estate.

A hearing is scheduled for April 9 in Los Angeles, with Mavis excused from attending due to her "medical inability."

The document read that her "current condition renders her incapable of executing the estate plan." She currently "suffers from dementia, major neurocognitive disorder."

"Unfortunately, Mavis has been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years."

“Jay is fully capable of continuing his support for Mavis’s physical and financial needs as he has throughout their marriage,” noted the documents.

Leno "believes … that Mavis consents to the conservatorship of the estate and to Jay’s appointment as her conservator and that she would not prefer anyone else to be appointed."

The conservatorship filing comes after a challenging period for Leno after he got severely burned in a car fire in November 2022 and broke multiple bones from a motorcycle accident in January 2023.

"That was the first accident. OK? Then just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone," said the 'Jay Leno’s Garage' host

"I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps,” he told a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter that month.

"So I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, some guy had a wire strung across the parking lot but with no flag hanging from it," he explained at the time.

"So, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just clotheslined me and, boom, knocked me off the bike.”

"The bike kept going, and you know how that works out," he added.