New Mexico

Paul A. Donisthorpe, shown in this 2003 photo, is the CEO of a nonprofit trust company in Albuquerque that state regulators say didn’t post a surety bond to ensure financial protection of the trust assets managed by the company. (Randy Stiner/Albuquerque Journal)

BREAKING NEWS – New Mexico: Former Desert State Life CEO pleads guilty in Federal Court to fraud, money laundering

November 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The former CEO of Desert State Life Management pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in federal court Monday morning. Paul Donisthorpe, 62, will be sentenced to eight to 12 years in prison, according to the recommendation in his plea agreement. He also must pay $4,812,857 in restitution to the victims of his crimes. Donisthorpe ran a decade-long scheme in which he stole more than $4.8 million from more than 70 of his company’s clients. Many of them had [- more...]
NM 2nd District Court Judge Denise Barela-Shepherd who was so ignorant of existing guardianship laws she had to adjourn a hearing, asking the attorneys involved to research the law and her let her know what they found out.

New Mexico: latest guardianship hearing held in secret

November 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

By Colleen Heild and Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writers From the Albuquerque Journal A guardianship court hearing for Holocaust survivor Peter Grotte-Higley was held in secret on Tuesday, three weeks after the judge in the case postponed the matter saying she wanted to research the issue of whether two Journal reporters could attend. State District Judge Denise Barela-Shepherd at an Oct. 2 hearing instructed the attorneys in the case to research the “legal authorities either in [- more...]
Outside the city limits of Las Vegas, N.M., Justin Bowers talks about how he discovered his $117,000 inheritance was allegedly stolen by his court-appointed guardian, Ayudando Guardians. (Colleen Heild/Albuquerque Journal)

New Mexico: Ayudando Guardians allegedly stole ward’s $117,000 then housed ward in leaky trailer

October 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

By Colleen Heild for the Albuquerque Journal LAS VEGAS, N.M. – For Justin Bowers, home is a travel trailer that attracts flies and leaks when it rains. Even so, it’s a step up from where his court-appointed guardian previously had him living – in a 17-man boarding home that charged $800-a-month rent. It’s not what Bowers, who is from Albuquerque, wants. It’s not what his father, who worked 30 years for the U.S. Post Office, wanted for his son. Bowers, 34, who has been under [- more...]
Peter Grotte-Higley, a client of Ayudando Guardians (Olivier Uyttebrouck/Journal). Mr Grotte-Higley is a survivor of the original Holocaust, but failed to escape the clutches of New Mexico's predatory judges and their appointees, who - based upon a Petition filed by Hannah Arlette and the Jewish Federation of New Mexico - swept him up into guardianship in February 2016.

New Mexico: Guardian hearing delayed after reporters try to attend

October 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

By Olivier Uyttebrouck and Colleen Heild / Journal Staff Writers From the Albuquerque Journal An Albuquerque judge postponed a hearing Monday for a former client of Ayudando Guardians after two Journal reporters tried to attend his guardianship hearing at the client’s invitation. In a related development, the former Ayudando client, Peter Grotte-Higley, said he moved on Friday to a new senior living facility near the University of New Mexico that he called “1,000 percent better” than his [- more...]
Blair Darnell whose guardianship and Trust governance by court-appointed attorney Darryl Millet was so shocking to New Mexicans, an entire protest & reform movement in guardianship has been launched. RIP Blair - you are helping many, many families now, speak up for the freedom of their loved ones.

New Mexico: Guardianship Commission reveals changes to be proposed

September 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

From the Albuquerque Journal By Colleen Heild / Journal Investigative Reporter Friday, September 22nd, 2017 at 11:45pm A special commission on Friday unveiled a slate of ambitious proposals to strengthen oversight of the state’s ailing guardian and conservator system, which oversees finances and other major decisions for many of New Mexico’s most vulnerable citizens. The Supreme Court-appointed commission’s recommendations include hiring special court employees to hear grievances and [- more...]
Seal of the New Mexico Office of the State Auditor

New Mexico: State auditor says Office of Guardianship fails to oversee firms

September 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

From the Albuquerque Journal By Colleen Heild / Journal Investigative Reporter Thursday, September 21st, 2017 at 11:43pm State Auditor Tim Keller’s office on Thursday issued an “emergency risk” advisory for the state Office of Guardianship based on an initial review that showed the agency has failed to properly oversee more than 20 private companies that are paid by the state to provide guardian services for vulnerable, indigent New Mexicans. The Guardianship Office, which has about 900 [- more...]
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