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Tristan Thompson Asks to be Sole Conservator of 17-Year-Old Brother, Says He Cannot Locate Their Father

The NBA player has petitioned to become the sole legal guardian of his brother, who is physically and mentally disabled.

Thompson has been the primary caregiver for his brother -- who is is physically and mentally disabled, and is confined to a wheelchair due to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy -- since their mother, Andrea Brooks, died last January. Thompson said he even went so far as to hire legal experts to try and track down his father, "but they were unable to obtain any information about Trevor's current location or other relevant details." As a result, Thompson stated in the docs, he is seeking to become his brother's legal guardian in order to manage his finances and healthcare -- made particularly complicated by the fact that Amari is a Canadian citizen, but has been living and receiving medical care in California.

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