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Diane Dimond

New Mexico: Who’s guarding the guardians? Part 1 of 5

November 27, 2016

Editor’s note: Investigative journalist Diane Dimond, whose weekly syndicated column on crime and justice appears in the Journal, is preparing a book on the nation’s elder guardianship system. It’s a system designed to protect the elderly from the unscrupulous. But as Dimond discovered, it can be dominated by a core group of court-appointed, for-profit professionals who are accused of isolating family members and draining the elders’ estates. New Mexico is no exception. This is the [- more...]

New Mexico: What do rapists, pedophiles, thieves, and the court ordered for profit guardian-conservatorship industry have in common?

February 29, 2016

From the comments section on Diane Dimond’s article,  Elder guardianship aims to bilk more than help, in the Feb 27, 2016 issue of the Albuquerque Journal, came the best, most succinct description of Judical and Legal abuses known as court-ordered guardianship, from AAAPG member Andreya “Andie” Skupaka.  Please note that while Andie addresses the problem from a New Mexico point-of-view, her words of warning are applicable to ALL 50 States.  Be aware, beware, or be there!  [- more...]

New Mexico: Elder guardianship aims to bilk more than help

February 29, 2016

This is the latest column from nationally-syndicated columnist Diane Dimond, who was raised in New Mexico, and is shocked to find out what her state has done that amounts to court-ordered predation upon New Mexico’s elderly, sick, and infirm.  From Saturday February 27, 2016, Albuquerque Journal: I wrote about the plight of 94-year-old Betty Winstanley, who resides at the Masonic Village retirement home in Elizabethtown, Pa. She doesn’t want to live there anymore. Now that her husband [- more...]

How Guardianship can easily turn to abuse

February 20, 2016

From the Albuquerque (NM) Journal, an article about Guardianship abuse –  in Pennsylvania.  We guess the rampant guardianship abuse cases all across New Mexico are simply too hot for the Albuquerque Journal to even report about, showing once again, the incredible power of the Judges in keeping all of their documented crimes and those of their court-appointees under total news black-out.  We welcome the day when the Albuquerque Journal finds it within itself to show the same concern for [- more...]