A conservator may expend or distribute so much or all of the income or principal of the conservatee for his support, maintenance, education, general use and benefit and for the support, maintenance, education, general use and benefit of his dependents, in the manner, at the time or times and to the extent that the conservator, in an exercise of a reasonable discretion, deems suitable and proper, with or without court order, with or without regard to the duty or ability of any person to support or provide for the conservatee, and with or without regard to any other funds, income or property which may be available for any of those purposes.
N.J.S. § 3B:13A-18