>Bobby Schindler Interview On Behalf of Gary and Sara Harvey

>Bobby Schindler (brother of the late Terri Schiavo) is interviewed on the Amy McManus radio show in support of Sara and Gary Harvey:

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YouTube: Amy McManus’ Channel

>Ohio: Evelyn Schwartz Belongings ‘Dumped’

>The guardian put in a dumpster and threw away bags and bags of things of Dean’s (who was not evcited) and Evelyn’s, prior to even the ‘case’ being settled.

After he removed the first dumpster because he got caught – yet with loads of ‘stolen’ things in it, he then placed another dumpster there a month later, to finish the job, after getting the notice from our atty of need to lawfully evict Dean, and give us a chance to remove his things.

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Guardian Says, “Who Will Make Me, How About it County Grand Jury, is He Right or Wrong?

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Evelyn Pleads for Help

CountyGrandJury.org

>Priest’s Estate Leads to Big Fee Battle

>When Monsignor Edward Ryle died in December 2005, he left behind a reputation as “God’s lobbyist” at the state Capitol, a modest estate and no will.

His extended family hired a private fiduciary to gather, liquidate and distribute the Catholic priest’s assets: a downtown condo, a car, some cash and a small pension.

The fiduciary firm estimated the total cost of services would be about $3,000, to be paid out of Ryle’s assets. The fiduciary’s attorney estimated his fees at up to $5,000.When the bill arrived, it totaled $33,607, more than four times the original estimate, according to the priest’s relatives and bills seen by The Arizona Republic, although it eventually was reduced.

Ryle’s case is an example of how probate cases can sometimes become far more expensive than families expect when they turn to attorneys and for-profit fiduciaries for help when a relative dies without leaving instructions about their assets.

When people die with no trusts or wills that spell out how an estate should be divided up, the Maricopa County Probate Court may appoint a fiduciary, sometimes at family members’ request, as a “personal representative” to sort out the cash and assets.

The fiduciary’s fees, and its attorney’s fees, can be predictable and modest – or, as in Ryle’s case, can be higher than anticipated and anger family members.

Ryle’s nephew, Michael Petty, said family members were “absolutely shocked” when the fiduciary’s bill arrived in the mail.

“It was the irony that impacted us. Uncle Ed lived his life to defend people who had no voice,” Petty said. “That’s what he did. Of all people to take advantage of.”

Greg DoVico, owner of Southwest Fiduciary, which handled the case, and Southwest’s attorney, Jay Polk, said the estate was more complicated than expected and the family was kept informed.

Full Article and Source:
Maricopa County Probate Court – Priest’s Estate Leads to Big Fee Battle

>Greed v. Guardianship: ‘Isolate, Medicate, Liquidate’

>The ABC15 Investigators have spent most of 2010 exposing serious flaws surrounding Maricopa County Probate Court. Families accuse the court of allowing victims to be isolated and heavily medicated while their assets are liquidated.

Banding Together to Change Probate Court

Families Torn Apart, Financial Ruin and Extreme Emotional Toll… All Taking Place in a Maricopa Court

Is Valley Guardian Group Taking Care of Your Loved One, or Taking Advantage?

Guardianships in Arizona – Elder Care or Elder Abuse?

Greed v. Guardian: Initial Thoughts

>Ginger Franklin FREED!

>A Nashville woman who fought for nearly two years to get out from under a court-ordered conservatorship was set free Thursday.

Ginger Franklin had a conservator, or guardian, appointed to handle her affairs after she tumbled down the stairs at her house in 2008 and suffered a brain injury. After she recovered, she tried to regain control of her life but found it to be a long and draining ordeal involving multiple court hearings.

On Thursday, Nashville Probate Judge Randy Kennedy dissolved the conservatorship after reading a new doctor’s report that says Franklin had fully recovered.

“It’s hard to take it all in,” Franklin said. “I’m a free woman. I can drive. I can work. I can get married. I can vote.”

They are things that most Americans take for granted, but they are things that people under a conservatorship are not allowed to do for themselves.

Franklin said she hopes to get her job back and start her life over.

“I’m going to celebrate by celebrating my life every day,” Franklin said.

Source:
Woman Free From Conservatorship

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Struggle Against Court Overshadows Injuries

>SD Lawyer Sees Blessing in the Fall

>It’s hard to know when things went bad for Mary Ann Giebink. It’s hard to know when she took the irreversible steps that led to the collapse of her law career.

But it’s easy to know when things began to get better.

That would be this summer and fall, when Giebink stepped up to the South Dakota legal system, explained her crimes, addiction and depression, and began to heal.

Giebink, 50, pleaded guilty to three charges she faced after a police chase last May that reached 100 mph. One charge was the felony of “aggravated eluding” that put herself and others at risk of injury or death. Another was second-offense drunken driving, a misdemeanor. The third was felony grand theft by embezzlement, a shuffling of money at her law office that began the sequence that led to her drunken binge at a Sioux Falls bar and the chase.

Her actions startled a community that knew her as a leader on social, legal and gender issues.

Full Article, Video, and Source:
Lawyer Sees Blessing in the Fall: ‘I Was Dying Inside’

Laughing About Getting Old

With the timing of a professional comedian, this diminutive “little old lady” shines a very funny light on the foibles of aging, to the delight of an audience filled with senior-care experts.

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YouTube

See Also:
CaregiverStress.com

HomeInstead.com

TX: Family Who Lost Custody of Disabled Daughter in Secret Hearing Cries Foul

“I don’t think these judges have any feeling for anything.”

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Full Article and Source:
Arlington Couple Who Lost Custody of Disabled Daughter in Secret Hearing Cries Foul

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Father – I do Call it Gestapo Justice

Legal Abuse Syndrome

Karin Huffer has discovered why many people leave a courtroom frustrated and sick. Karin Huffer explores the foundation of Legal Abuse Syndrome and has proven that a constant negative result from any courtroom experience produces Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in litigants. Before you go to any court, understand that Justice is not a part of the equation and prepare yourself for the possibilities of being in a situation that is based in judge and attorney created rules rather than common sense.

Source:
YouTube

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LegalAbuseSyndrome.com

139 Charges Pending in Exploitation Case

Frederick Police Chief Rick Guill says 47-year-old Polly Bennett was posing as a licensed nurse when she was hired to provide 24-hour care for a 65-year-old disabled woman.

Chief Guill says since June, Bennett is accused of stealing items from the woman’s home and giving them to her boyfriend, 42-year-old John Muzac, who would then sell them at a pawn shop.

Guill says the pair was detained for outstanding warrants on Monday, and then arrested in this case yesterday.

He says charges in this case include 139 counts of concealing stolen property, grand larceny, and criminal conspiracy.

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Charges Pending in Tillman Co. Exploitation of the Elderly Case